Starbucks Dropping Controversial Hormone (17/1/2007) | |
GM WATCH COMMENT: Reuters quotes Starbucks spokesman Brandon Borrman as saying, ""This is something that our customers have requested". --- Starbucks Dropping Controversial Hormone SEATTLE - Starbucks Corp. announced yesterday it will begin taking stepsto eliminate artificial growth hormones from the dairy products it serves. Food and Water Watch, a Washington-based environmental watchdog group, had been campaigning to get the company to stop using and selling products that contain the controversial [genetically engineered] hormone rBGH. The dairy products involved include fluid milk, half-and-half, whipped cream and eggnog. Initially, the changeover will affect the 5,500 company-owned stores in the United States, though some 3,000 franchised locations are also being looked at, according to company officials. Some market areas already have rBGH-free products, including New England and Southern California. The decision follows the recent announcement that Starbucks was eliminating trans fats from its food products. |