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Friday, December 7, 2012

Anti-GMO Comments Flood Cheerios Facebook Page

According to Facebook, a simple post about Cheerios garnered more than a thousand comments by people who say GMOs are in the General Mills cereal.

On Friday, Dec. 7, thousands of angry Facebook users were still commenting on a post made on the Cheerios Facebook page. The post, which went up on Facebook on Nov. 29, said the following: Remember this commercial? Does it stir memories of getting together over the holidays? Let us know – we love hearing stories of holidays passed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca6b3C2tKzY At 2 p.m. on Friday, the post had 1,239 comments, and counting. The comments had nothing to do with holiday memories. Instead, Facebookers were upset about labeling on Cheerios boxes, saying that the cereal contains Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). Facebook fans are digging up old news regarding the Golden Valley-based company's support of California Proposition …

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