Last week, Minnesota Safe Food Link, a coalition of farmer and consumer groups, made an appearance at a Minnesota Twins game. The ADA has been a supporter of rBGH and was on hand to pass out free cheese graters. Minnesota Safe Food Link handed out flyers and stickers prior to game time. Jon Youngdahl, one of the event's coordinators, said the night was successful in terms of response from attendees. Milk is as American as baseball.
Consumers continue to ask for rBGH-free, labeled milk.
Commissioner David Kessler accused the company of secretly developing the strain. Kessler told a House Health and Environment subcommittee that the company genetically engineered the Y-1 tobacco plant and mislead the agency about its existence. Quoting from a company document which said nicotine levels needed to be increased to satisfy customers, Kessler said Y-1 contains more than twice the nicotine of traditionally bred plants. These findings lay to rest the notion that there is no manipulation and control of nicotine undertaken in the tobacco industry. BIO President Carl Feldbaum said DNAP told him they used their technology only to render seeds from high-nicotine tobacco plants sterile.