2017-3-28: CARGILL FACES BACKLASH FOLLOWING NON-GMO VERIFICATION TWEET

Tuesday, March 28th 2017

Cargill received a storm of negative criticism after tweeting last week it had partnered with the Non-GMO Project to verify product ingredients. In a statement Cargill VP of food safety Randy Giroux says Cargill’s affiliation with the Non-GMO Project is limited to its verification process. He says companies like theirs use private standards that the market recognizes because there is no federal standard for non-GMO products in the US. Giroux says Cargill does not share the Non-GMO Project’s position on GMO’s and “would welcome other viable options in the marketplace.”