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"The battle over labeling what consumers eat has produced a huge food fight in California.Records from the California Secretary of State's office show the Monsanto Company has poured in $4.2 million to defeat Proposition 37, which would require labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if the genetic material has been changed.DuPont has contributed $1.3 million to oppose the measure, finance records show, while Dow and Pepsi have contributed more than $1 million each.Supporters of Prop. 37 include organic growers and consumer groups. Recent contributions include $220,000 from the Organic Consumers Fund; $50,000 from United Natural Foods and $50,000 from Nutiva, finance records reveal.Genetic engineering of food is common in crops like corn and soybeans. Last year, 88 percent of all corn and 94 percent of all soybeans produced in the U.S. were grown from genetically engineered seeds, according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office.Supporters of Prop. 37 say consumers have a right to know what they are eating. Opponents insist it will trigger higher food prices at the grocery store."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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