Greenpeace members are protesting outside 22 London Sainsbury's stores today after it was revealed the supermarket's own brand milk comes from cows fed on a GM diet.
The protesters, who are dressed as cows and milkmen, are offering customers the chance to exchange any GM milk they've bought for organic milk, free of charge.
Sarah North of Greenpeace said: "Most customers don't even know Sainsbury's own-brand milk is GM. Sainsbury's says it only sells the best quality food, but when it comes to milk it has a long way to go. A lot of the people we've been speaking to are angry when they find out the Sainsbury's cows are fed on GM. We've been handing out dozens of pints of organic milk in exchange for GM milk. Hopefully Sainsbury's will get the message and stop supporting GM food."
The protesters say thousands of tonnes of American GM maize is imported into Britain each year to feed the cows Sainsbury's use for its own-brand milk. GM is harmful to the environment and its full effects are unpredictable.
Sarah North added: "Lots of the kids are excited when they see our costumes. We tell them that when it comes to Sainsbury's milk, there's something scary in the dairy."
Between 10am and the noon the protesters are outside Sainsbury's in:
Romford, Newham, Bromley, Waltham Forest, Haringey, Barnet, Uxbridge, Ealing, Kingston, Merton and Clapham.
Between 2pm and 4pm the protesters are in: Ilford, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Islington, Camden, Westminster, Kensington, Hammersmith, Richmond, Wandsworth, Southwark
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