In October 2024, GMO Gala apples were approved for consumption at restaurants, stores and food service retailers despite what critics decry as a lack of testing for possible negative health effects on the environment and people. The parent company of these fruits, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has battled protesters, petitions [...]
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The new genetically engineered apple is finally set to hit store shelves this fall, and like most pro-GMO companies its creator, Canada-based Okanagan Specialty Foods, is dead set on not labeling its controversial new product. According to a new article from the website MIT Technology Review, the company’s founder Neal [...]
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In February 2015, just two weeks after the approval of the world’s first genetically engineered apple, the company responsible for its creation cashed in — to the tune of $41 million dollars, ($10 million upfront), all for a highly controversial product that most people clearly didn’t want. The company [...]
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