To: McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Starbucks, and Wendy's
Fast Food Chains: Say No to GMO Apples
I don't want to eat genetically engineered (GMO) apples! Please pledge to not sell the new, and untested, Arctic Golden or Arctic Granny apples.
Genetically engineered foods are unlabeled, inadequately tested and potentially unsafe. The USDA has approved a new genetically engineered apple from Okanagan Specialty Fruits, but I do not want these apples.
As the largest fast food-chain apple purchasers, I urge you to commit to not buy this GMO apple.
Why is this important?
The USDA recently approved a GMO apple. The new technology engineers apples to prevent them from turning brown when sliced. But apples are just fine the way nature made them!
These genetically engineered apples haven't been proven safe to eat. They were created using a questionable new genetic engineering technique that could have unintended side effects for the health of the plant and for the people who eat these apples.
We need to make sure that big apple sellers like fast food chains won't sell these GMO apples!