Nearly 60 grocery stores and food co-ops have pledged that they will not sell genetically engineered salmon, including major companies like Target, Whole Foods, Hy-Vee, Trader Joe’s and Aldi.
This is good news in light of the fact that the FDA has said that it will not require GE salmon to be labeled if they approve it for sale in the United States, despite the fact that a recent poll showed that 91% of Americans were opposed to introducing GE fish into our markets.
The Center for Food Safety, Friends of the Earth and a coalition of thirty consumer, fishing, environmental and related organizations have launched a national campaign for GE-Free Seafood to help consumers keep updated on the issue and make our voices heard.
They’ve produced tools, petitions and lists to help keep us informed about which companies have pledged to avoid GE salmon and which have not.
Want to know which grocery stores and seafood companies have committed to keeping genetically engineered salmon off their shelves?
The following grocery stores and food co-ops have pledged not to sell GE salmon.
- 21 Acres Farm Market
- Abundance Co-Op Market
- Aldi
- Alternative Food Cooperative
- Amazing Grains Food Co-Op
- Bel Air (Raley’s)
- Belfast Co-op Market
- Berkshire Co-op Market
- Bi-Rite Market
- Boise Consumer Co-op
- Chautauqua Natural Foods
- Common Market
- Community Food Co-op
- Coopertunity
- Davis Food Co-op
- Dawson’s Market
- East End Food Co-op
- Elm City Market
- Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market
- First Alternative Natural Foods Co-op
- Follow Your Heart Natural Foods
- The Food Co-op
- Giant Eagle
- Good Earth Natural Foods
- Goods Foods Market & Café
- Green Bean Delivery
- Hanover Co-op Food Stores
- H.E. Butt Grocery Co. (H-E-B)
- Hendersonville Community Co-op
- Honest Weight Food Co-op
- Hungry Hollow Co-op
- Hy-Vee Food Stores
- Jimbo’s…Naturally
- Lassen’s Natural Food & Vitamins
- Life Source Natural Foods
- Linden Hills Co-op
- Marlene’s Market & Deli
- Marsh Supermarkets
- Medford Food Co-op
- Meijer
- Merc Co-op
- Mississippi Market Natural Foods Co-op
- Mustard Seed Market & Café
- New Leaf Community Market
- Nob Hill Foods (Raley’s)
- Oryana Natural Foods Market
- PCC Natural Markets
- Rainbow Natural Foods
- Raley’s
- Rebecca’s Natural Foods
- Santa Monica Coopertunity
- Tacoma Food Co-op
- Target
- Three Rivers Market
- Trader Joe’s
- Vashon Thriftway
- Wedge Natural Foods Co-op
- Whole Foods Co-op
- Whole Foods Market
In addition, the following seafood companies have pledged not to sell GE salmon.
- Crown Prince, Inc
- Ducktrap River of Maine
- EcoFish
- Marine Harvest USA
- Onesta Organics (pet food)
- Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics
Many stores, restaurants and seafood companies are refusing to pledge to avoid GE salmon. These include A&P, Walmart, Super-Valu, Winn-Dixie, Wegmans, Sam’s Club, Safeway, Publix, Kroger, Fareway, Costco, Nestle, Lean Cuisine, Bumblebee, Chicken of the Sea, Long John Silver’s, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Joe’s Crab Shack, Chili’s, Bonefish Grill and Bahama Breeze, among many others.
You can download the full printable list of the companies who have pledged not to sell GE salmon (and those who haven’t) from the Center for Food Safety here.
Be sure to sign their petition to ask more stores and seafood companies to reject GE salmon, and like them on Facebook to stay informed about food safety issues and GE salmon.
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