Globalisation:European Food Information Council: Funding and connections

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Funding and Connections

EUFIC is supported by companies of the European food and drinks industries, and receives project funding from the European Commission. It is governed by a Board of Directors which is elected from member companies. Current EUFIC members are: Barilla, Cargill, Cereal Partners, Coca-Cola HBC, Coca-Cola, Danone, DSM Nutritional Products Europe Ltd., Ferrero, Kraft Foods, Louis Bonduelle Foundation, McCormick Foods, Mars, McDonald's, Nestlé, Novozymes, PepsiCo, Pfizer Animal Health, Südzucker, and Unilever.[1]

Funders and controversies

Kraft Foods: According to the Organic Consumer Association Kraft Foods was called on to remove genetically engineered (GE) ingredients from their food supplies. Kraft Foods were found to use GE ingredients in many of their products. GE ingredients are suspected to pose not only as threat to human health but also the environment, this lead 'Consumers in more than 250 locations [to] call on Kraft Foods to stop putting human health and the environment at risk'. [2]

Notes

  1. "Europeice Website - Homepage", Europeice Website, accessed 10 October 2010
  2. "[1]", Organic Consumers Association, accessed 1 November 2010