AUSTRALIA: Kraft under pressure to declare Vegemite GM-free
US food manufacturer Kraft is under pressure from environment activists in Australia to come clean on whether its popular Vegemite spread contains genetically modified ingredients. Following the publication of the True Food Guide by Greenpeace and the Gene Ethics Network, Greens MLC Ian Cohen called on Kraft to take Vegemite off the shelve unless it can promise consumers that it is GM-free.
US food manufacturer Kraft is under pressure from environment activists in Australia to come clean on whether its popular Vegemite spread contains genetically modified ingredients.
Following the publication of the True Food Guide by Greenpeace and the Gene Ethics Network, Greens MLC Ian Cohen called on Kraft to take Vegemite off the shelve unless it can promise consumers that it is GM-free.
If not, consumers should boycott Vegemite, said Cohen.
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