Despite the alleged stand Frito-Lay took as being against genetic
engineering of food, I just received a seemingly generic response stating
somewhat differently. It is as follows:
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Thank you for contacting Frito-Lay. We are always pleased when our
consumers
take the time to share their thoughts with us.
Now that there is a renewed interest in biotechnology by regulatory agencies
and some consumer concern exists, we did not feel it appropriate to ask our
growers to include bt crops in what they sell us.
Just like other food companies, Frito-Lay relies on and supports the
regulatory
agencies charged with safeguarding our food supply when sourcing ingredients
for our products. These agencies continue to report that genetically
modified
ingredients are perfectly safe.
Since we are also a large buyer of agricultural commodities, and more than a
quarter of the North American crop is derived from biotechnology, just like
other food companies, we could have biotechnology ingredients in our
products.
Thank you for taking the time to contact Frito-Lay. We hope this
information
is helpful.
Frito-Lay Consumer Affairs
Reference #: AAAA-4GLNN4
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Original Text:
To: Consumer Affairs/Frito-Lay/US@Frito-Lay
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From: "E. Shaun Russell" <e_shaun@uniserve.com>@SMTP@Exchange
Date: 02/17/2000 01:06:49 AM
Subject: GE Foods
Email Body:
Dir Sir or Madam
As the genetic engineering of foods is done on a very basic cellular
level, it is an extremely far-fetched guess that any potential health
concerns could come to fruition. Though Frito-Lay is indeed a public
company whose business relies upon the market's acceptance of the product,
a premature stand against GE will likely be detrimental to the science as a
whole. By compromising the company's initial standards, you will give the
public the impression that GE *is* harmful, and while Frito-Lay will likely
see a raise in profits, these will only be attributed
to misinformation and the compromising of any potential integrity the
company has heretofore possessed.
In the name of integrity and scientific justice, please withhold your
stand until thorough tests prove the truth one way or another.
Sincerely,
-E. Shaun Russell
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