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CALL KRAFT for GE FREE, SAFE FOOD! TAKE ACTION FOR SAFE FOOD:
CALL KRAFT! CALL KRAFT TO DEMAND THAT IT REMOVES UNTESTED,
UNLABLED, RISKY GENETICALLY ENGINEERED INGREDIENTS FROM
ITS PRODUCTS APRIL 17TH-22ND 2002.


Call TODAY and PASS THIS EMAIL ON!
***********************
Do you know what Kraft is putting in your food? It's untested, unlabeled
and could put your family's health and the environment at risk. It's
GENETICALLY KRAFTED and its time we tell Kraft
NOT IN MY KITCHEN!

TAKE 2 MINUTES TO CALL KRAFT FOODS AT 1-888-560-4625
AND DEMAND SAFE FOOD.

1. Ask to leave a message for their CEO, Betsy Holden.

2. Tell them that you want Kraft to protect the health of their
customers and the environment by removing untested, unlabeled,
genetically engineered ingredients from its products.

3. 4. PASS IT ON! Send this Action Alert to
your friends. The more comments we can generate to Kraft, the more
they'll know their customers want safe food. As the largest food company
in the U.S. and the second largest in the world, Kraft has a
responsibility to ensure that its foods are safe for our health and the
environment.

5. CELEBRATE! You just helped protect your health and the health of
the planet!

6.
HAZARDS OF KRAFT'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOODS
Kraft Foods is the largest food company in the country, and the second
largest in the world, with products that can be found in 99% of U.S.
households. Many of these products, such as Taco Bell taco shells,
Oreos, Lunchables, Post cereals and Stovetop Stuffing are likely to
contain untested and unlabeled genetically engineered ingredients that
may put our families at risk.

Risks include health and environmental hazards such as new allergies,
new plant toxins, harm to wildlife, the creation of "superweeds" from
cross pollination, and increased pesticide use.

Kraft is aware of the potential health and environmental risks of
genetically engineered foods. After StarLink* corn, a variety of
genetically engineered corn not approved for human consumption because
of risk of allergic reaction, was discovered in their products, the
company recalled millions of boxes of taco shells and switched to
non-genetically engineered white corn in their corn-based taco products
to avoid further contamination.

However, Kraft continues to use questionable genetically engineered
ingredients in many of its other products.

Kraft has moved to avoid genetically engineered ingredients in their
products in Europe, showing they could be doing the same around the
world.

Kraft Foods, the largest food company in the U.S. and second largest in
the world, needs to do more to ensure that their products are safe for
our health and the environment.

WEEK OF ACTION APRIL 17-22
Unfortunately, Kraft has refused to meet with us to discuss our concerns
so in more than 200 cities, Genetically Engineered Food Alert volunteers
and allies are organizing a week of consumer actions that will culminate
on April 22nd, Earth Day, the day of Kraft's annual shareholder meeting
in East Hanover, NJ. Thousands of concerned citizens will educate their
neighbors and fellow shoppers and will call Kraft foods to make it clear
we don't want untested, unlabeled genetically krafted food in our
kitchens!

Sending a strong message to Kraft this week is crucial to bringing Kraft
to the table to listen to customer concerns about food safety.

CALL TODAY! 1-888-560-4625
The Call-in is sponsored by Earth Tones-The Environmental Phone Company
(www.earth-tones.com).**

To get involved, for materials or more information, contact Lisa Archer
at larcher@foe.org or 1-877-843-8687. **You can also read about the
latest campaign developments, find out other ways to get involved, get
more info on the campaign, and download materials at
www.gefoodalert.org.

__________________________________

Lisa Archer
Grassroots Coordinator
Safer Food, Safer Farms Campaign
Friends of the Earth - U.S.
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
202-783-7400 x190
fax: 202-783-0444
larcher@foe.org
www.foe.org



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