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The world's
largest soup-maker said on Thursday that it believes if all
foods and beverages regulated by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) are labeled for GMOs clearly, it will help raise consumer
awareness. (bit.ly/1OeE1Md)
Campbell also said that if a federal solution has not been
achieved in some time, it is prepared to label all of its U.S.
products for the presence of ingredients that were derived from
GMOs and would seek guidance from the FDA and approval by USDA.
The company said it also supports a national standard for
non-GMO claims made on food packaging.
Campbell, in July, said it would stop adding monosodium
glutamate (MSG) to its condensed soups for children and use
non-genetically modified ingredients sourced from organic farms.
The company also said, at the same time, that it would remove
artificial colors and flavors from nearly all of its North
American products by July 2018.
(Reporting by Sneha Teresa Johny in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil
Nair)
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