{"id":17677,"date":"2013-10-21T18:08:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=308642"},"modified":"2013-10-21T18:08:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T18:08:28","slug":"big-food-lobby-discloses-list-of-donors-in-ge-food-labeling-initiative-522","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/big-food-lobby-discloses-list-of-donors-in-ge-food-labeling-initiative-522\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Food Lobby Discloses List of Donors in GE Food Labeling Initiative 522"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/labelit-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"labelit\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gmaFI.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"gmaFI\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/gmaFI-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\"><\/a>After the Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\/2013\/10\/wa-state-attorney-general-ferguson-files-suit-grocery-manufacturers-association\/?utm_source=feedly\" target=\"_blank\">filed suit<\/a> against the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) last week for violating state election disclosure requirements, the lobby group published a list of their major donors on Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornucopia.org\/2013\/10\/gma-discloses-anti-labeling-funders\/?utm_source=feedly\" target=\"_blank\">according to Cornucopia Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson alleged the GMA illegally collected and spent more than $7 million in&nbsp;opposition to <a href=\"http:\/\/yeson522.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Initiative 522<\/a>,&nbsp;while hiding the identity of its contributors. The I-522 citizen&#8217;s initiative would mandate clear labeling of genetically engineered foods, seeds and seed products in Washington, giving consumers the&nbsp;right to know what&rsquo;s in the food they buy and feed their families.<\/p>\n<p>The Oct. 18&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkpolitics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GMADisclosureWA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">disclosure<\/a>&nbsp;by GMA, totaling more than $7 million, includes the following companies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pinnacle Foods Group LLC: &nbsp;$120,846<\/li>\n<li>The J. M. Smucker Company: $241,091<\/li>\n<li>Rich Products Corporation: $24,049<\/li>\n<li>General Mills, Inc.: $598,819<\/li>\n<li>PepsiCo, Inc.: $1,620,899<\/li>\n<li>Bunge North America, Inc.: $94,993<\/li>\n<li>Bumble Bee Foods, LLC: $36,073<\/li>\n<li>Bush Brothers &amp; Company A: $16,233<\/li>\n<li>Moody Dunbar, Inc.: $1,804<\/li>\n<li>Dean Foods Company: $120,245<\/li>\n<li>Kellogg Company: $221,852<\/li>\n<li>Nestl&eacute; USA, Inc.: $1,052,743<\/li>\n<li>ConAgra Foods: $285,281<\/li>\n<li>Bimbo Bakeries USA: $94,693<\/li>\n<li>Welch Foods, Inc.: $28,859<\/li>\n<li>Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.: $14,429<\/li>\n<li>Bruce Foods Corporation: $3,006<\/li>\n<li>Abbott Nutrition: $127,459<\/li>\n<li>Campbell Soup Company: $265,140<\/li>\n<li>Del Monte Foods Company: $86,576<\/li>\n<li>Sunny Delight Beverages Company: $21,043<\/li>\n<li>Shearer&rsquo;s Foods, Inc.: $25,251<\/li>\n<li>Mondelez Global LLC: $144,895<\/li>\n<li>Land O&rsquo;Lakes, Inc.: $99,803<\/li>\n<li>The Coca-Cola Company: $1,047,332<\/li>\n<li>The Hillshire Brands Company: $97,398<\/li>\n<li>The Hershey Company: $248,305<\/li>\n<li>Hormel Foods Corporation: $52,908<\/li>\n<li>Clement Pappas &amp; Company, Inc.: $21,043<\/li>\n<li>McCormick &amp; Company, Inc.: $102,208<\/li>\n<li>Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.: $55,313<\/li>\n<li>FlowersFoods, Inc.: $141,288<\/li>\n<li>Cargill, Inc.: $98,601<\/li>\n<li>The Clorox Company: $12,024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total: &nbsp;$7,222,500<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oi.vresp.com\/?fid=00b11039e0\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-308130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner1\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/topnewsbanner11.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[3004,12199,2906],"class_list":["post-17677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-agriculture","tag-featured-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}