No-GMO pledge is ‘marketing puffery,’ farm groups tell Dannon

Six U.S. farm groups challenged Dannon USA’s pledge to switch to non-GMO ingredients in its yogurt as “the exact opposite of the sustainable agriculture you claim to be seeking.” The chairman of the National Milk Producers Federation, Randy Mooney, said, “This is just marketing puffery, not any true innovation that improves the actual product offered… » Read More

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