2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Proponents of conspiracy theories believe that the horsemeat scandal, which has affected all European Union (EU) member states, is in fact only to distract the public from the fact that leading producers are poisoning us with genetically modified food, which, in fact, has been going on for decades.
The illegal use of horse meat in some products was widely covered by all media and was in the public interest for almost a month. In the end, it turned out that horse meat did not pose a threat to the health of citizens.
It is even considered a delicacy in some countries, incl. Bulgaria. It was not the fault of the manufacturers that they did not mark it on the label and thus misled consumers.
And while the eyes of institutions and society remain fixed on meat producers, no one exercises effective control over the quality of products offered in food chains.
As the director of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), Yordan Voynov, was forced to admit, the BFSA does not have the authority to monitor the quality of the offered products, but only whether they are fresh and whether they meet the conditions for storage and sale.
Recently, the environmental organization Greenpeace published a "black list" of food producers who poison us with genetically modified organisms. This "black list" includes producers who use GMOs to flavor, color or refresh products.
There you can see the names of some of the largest producers and importers of packaged food and soft drinks in Bulgaria.
Some of the products offered by them are produced in our country, and the others are imported from the EU member states and receive Bulgarian packaging and labels on the spot. The companies that are in the top 20 of the "black list" published by Greenpeace are:
1. Snickers - chocolate dessert
2. Campbell - soups
3. Uncle Bens - rice, ketchup
4. Lipton - tea
5. Mars - chocolate dessert
6. Twix - chocolate dessert
7. Cadbury - chocolate, cocoa
8. Ferrero - desserts
9. Nestle - chocolate
10. Nestle - Nesquik drink
11. Sosa-Sola, Sprite, Fanta, Kinley - non-alcoholic
12. Pepsi - non-alcoholic
13. 7-Up - non-alcoholic
14. Heinz - ketchup, mayonnaise, sauces
15. Nestle - baby food
16. McDonald’s - a chain of fast food restaurants
17. Kraft Foods - chocolate, chips, coffee, baby food
18. Unilever - baby food
19. Knorr - dry soups
20. Hipp - adapted milks and baby purees
This list can be supplemented by a number of other European producers that have been found to offer lower quality ingredients in the new Member States and throughout Eastern Europe.
Inspections by the competent European authorities revealed in similar commercial practices Coca-Cola Co., as well as products of other manufacturers, e.g. Jacobs coffee, Kotanyi spices.
The fact that the media in the poorer EU member states, including the Bulgarian media, do not publish information about GMOs or unfair commercial practices can only be explained by economic dependence. Top 20 Companies That Offer Products With GMOs, almost completely coincides with the list of the biggest advertisers in the Bulgarian media.
At the other pole is Bolivia, which has become the first McDonald's-free country in Latin America and the second after Cuba in the world. After almost 14 years of presence, numerous campaigns and promotions, the international giant was forced to withdraw its business from the Latin American country. On December 21, 2012, McDonald's sold its last Big Mac in Bolivia.
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