ADVISORY/Nation's Top Chefs to Call for Labeling, Safety Testing of Genetically Engineered Foods.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K ADVISORY...for Monday (May 8) --(BW HealthWire) Chefs to help launch "Keep Nature Natural" campaign http://www.keepnatural.org/ In response to inadequate FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. regulation of genetically engineered genetically engineered adjective Recombinant, see there foods, four recipients of the nation's most prestigious award for chefs, the James Beard
James Beard (May 5, 1903–January 21, 1985) was an American chef and food writer. James Beard is recognized by many as the father of American gastronomy. Foundation's Chef of the Year Award, are expected to participate in a May 8 press conference to launch the Keep Nature Natural campaign. This national campaign demands labeling and stricter safety and environmental regulations of genetically engineered foods (GE foods). The 4:15 p.m. press conference will occur prior to the James Beard Foundation award The James Beard Foundation Awards were established in 1990 and are often called "The Oscars of Food." [1] Held on the first Monday in May, the Awards ceremony honors the finest chefs, restaurants, journalists, cookbook authors, restaurant designers, and electronic dinner in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. at the Marriott Marquis Hotel at 1535 Broadway. The chefs will be joining the Keep Nature Natural campaign, a national initiative to flood the FDA with comments asking for stricter regulation of GE foods. At the heart of the campaign is a legal petition filed by the Center for Food Safety, which demands the establishment of stringent pre-market safety testing regulations and mandatory labeling for GE foods. The Center for Food Safety has ongoing lawsuits against both the FDA and EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. concerning the safety of GE foods. An unprecedented coalition of more than 50 consumer, environmental, scientific, farm and health groups support the petition and the campaign. In addition, Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats, the nation's largest natural food retailers, have signed on to the campaign and will encourage customers to comment to the FDA. This effort is modeled after the successful Keep "Organic" Organic campaign, which helped deluge the USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. with 275,000 comments to prevent the agency from allowing organic food to be genetically engineered, irradiated, or grown in sewage sludge. Other active chefs who have won the Award and have signed on in support of the campaign include: Thomas Keller
Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. , Jean-Louis Palladin, and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.
WHO: Rick Bayless - Frontera Grill, and Topolobampo, Chicago, Ill.
Larry Forgione - An American Place, New York, N.Y.
Alice Waters - Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif.
Charlie Trotter - Charlie Trotter's, Chicago, Ill.
Andrew Kimbrell - President, Center for Food Safety,
Washington, D.C.
Jim Slama, President of Sustain - Chicago, Ill.
WHEN: Monday, May 8, 2000, 4:15 p.m.
WHERE: Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway, New York City
For more information see http://www.keepnatural.org/ or http://www.foodsafetynow.org/ |
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