![]() ![]() ![]() states contracted food-borne illnesses after eating at its restaurants) the company’s explanation for going GMO-free begs credulity. While Chipotle’s anti-GMO stance seemingly jibes with its “Food with integrity” promise (which, incidentally, took a hit last year when more than 500 people in a dozen U.S. Critics dubbed such products “Frankenfoods” and have called for mandatory labels, if not outright bans. The term refers to plants or animals that have had their genetic makeup altered to resist pests, disease or even commercial herbicides by inserting genes from other species. ![]() restaurants of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. So it came as little surprise when Chipotle said last spring it was ridding its U.S. The intended message was clear: Big Food is ruining the planet, Chipotle’s 1,900 locations and hundreds of suppliers notwithstanding. A few years ago it released an animated short film that showed a scarecrow poking around a dusty, dystopian world where long tubes extrude “beef-ish” meat, mechanical milkers suck cows dry and robots repeatedly stab chickens with hormone-filled needles. (Daniel Shea)Ĭhipotle Mexican Grill’s view of life beyond its doors is pretty disturbing for a burrito chain. A scientist examines an ear of corn in one of Monsanto’s GMO testing labs. ![]()
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