Trader Joe’s under fire for selling GMOs

The following is an edited excerpt.

Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is now the focus of an effort by the Consumers Union, which took the grocer to task with a full-page ad in The Los Angeles Times saying that the company is “selling meat from animals fed a steady stream of antibiotics.”

Trader Joe’s offers private label goods that shun genetically engineered ingredients, but Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, says that the privately owned grocer has refused to meet to discuss the issue.e focus of an effort by the Consumers Union, which took the grocer to task with a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times saying that the company is “selling meat from animals fed a steady stream of antibiotics.”

Read the original story here: Trader Joe’s Under Fire for Selling GMOs, Lead-Laced Candy

 

 

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