{"id":94395,"date":"2011-07-29T12:27:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T12:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=94395"},"modified":"2011-07-29T12:27:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T12:27:47","slug":"article_23708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_23708\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning: Santa Cruz Organic Supports GMOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>\t<span class=\"normal\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"quote\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"quote\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote\">The following email was received by one of our<br \/>\nmembers after inquiring about their stance on GMOs.\u00a0 Santa Cruz Organic is owned by Smuckers, a food processor that primarily profits from unlabeled genetically engineered foods, as documented in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/organicconsumer#p\/a\/f\/2\/FCK0MTS4mvI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video by Organic Spies<\/a>. For a list of all<br \/>\nof Santa Cruz <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"quote\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote\">Organic products, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scojuice.com\/products\">here<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><br \/><span class=\"normal\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"normal\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tJuly 14, 2011<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDear Mr. Jones,<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tThank<br \/>\n you for contacting Santa Cruz Organic. Our products are manufactured<br \/>\nusing strict quality control procedures that meet or exceed all<br \/>\napplicable government and industry standards.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIn recent years,<br \/>\nagricultural science has developed and grown crops using modern<br \/>\nbiotechnology techniques in an effort to produce a higher quality, more<br \/>\neconomical and dependable food supply. The U.S. Food and Drug<br \/>\nAdministration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S.<br \/>\nEnvironmental Protection Agency have determined that existing &#8220;biotech&#8221;<br \/>\nfoods are safe and do not differ in any meaningful way from other food.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDue<br \/>\n to the expanding use of biotechnology by farmers and the commingling of<br \/>\n ingredients in storage and shipment, it is possible that some of our<br \/>\nproducts may contain ingredients derived from biotechnology. We believe<br \/>\nthat safety is an important issue. We support continued evaluation of<br \/>\nthe best methods to assure safety and we encourage discussion by all<br \/>\ninterested parties with respect to developing appropriate means to<br \/>\nassess its risks and benefits. We also support a more rigorous and<br \/>\ntransparent regulatory process. Internally, we utilize a<br \/>\ncross-functional team to monitor and evaluate developments in<br \/>\nbiotechnology and advise senior management of the impact to Santa Cruz<br \/>\nOrganic.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tYou can be assured that we will continue to manufacture<br \/>\n the safe and high quality products you have come to expect. If you<br \/>\nshould have further questions or need additional information, please<br \/>\nvisit us at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scojuice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" rel=\"noopener\">www.scojuice.com<\/a> or contact us at 888-569-6994, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSincerely,<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tSusan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tConsumer Relations Representative <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A response from Santa Cruz Organic when one of our members inquired about their stance on GMOs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[2],"organicbytes":[],"countries":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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