LARGO, FL – Christian
Newswire – An onslaught of articles reported by the mainstream
media earlier this week ranged from utter disbelief to crass remarks
denigrating Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey (R) over the bill he introduced
banning food products developed using aborted fetal material in his
state.
Unfortunately for the media, the
good Senator is correct.
“This is perhaps the worst case
of irresponsible reporting by the mainstream media that we have witnessed in
this millennium,” stated Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of
God for Life who first broke the story in March 2011. “A simple fact
check would have revealed that Senator Shortey is correct about how some of our
foods are being produced.”
The focus is on San Diego based
biotech company Senomyx, who states on their website that, “We created
proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems that provide a biochemical or
electronic readout when a flavor ingredient interacts with the receptor.”
What they don’t tell the public is
that they are using HEK 293 (human embryonic kidney cells) taken from an
electively aborted baby to produce those receptors.
As an example of just one of over 75
patents on file in which the aborted fetal cells are utilized, Senomyx states
in US Patent number 7,297,543: “The invention provides a preferred
mammalian cell lines, e.g., HEK-293 cells that stably express T1R2/T1R3 and
G.sub..alpha.15 under inducible conditions. These cells are useful in
cell-based assays for identifying compounds that elicit or modulate sweet
taste.”
Senomyx has entered into agreements
with food giants, PepsiCo, Nestles and Cadbury Adams LLC, a division of Kraft
Foods in which the companies pay Senomyx for the research and development of
the flavor enhancers and then continue to pay royalties on the products sold.
Some of these companies already have products on the market in the US using
Senomyx flavors, whereas PepsiCo’s products are still in the development stage.
Because of this, Children of God for
Life began a massive boycott of PepsiCo beverages when they admitted that would
be the focus of their Senomyx research collaboration.
“PepsiCo has the ability to
request that Senomyx use one of the morally acceptable cell lines
available,” noted Vinnedge. “Unlike Campbell Soup who listened
to the public and severed ties with Senomyx, PepsiCo has referred to the
research as the ‘gold standard’ for the industry; they have openly misled the
public and created a public relations nightmare for themselves!”
“We stand firmly and proudly
behind Senator Shortey who had the courage to step forward and protect the
people of his State who have a right to know about these products,” she
added. “Shame on those in the mainstream media who never bothered to check
the facts before they began assaulting his good name.”
Children of God for Life hopes other
states will join Oklahoma’s efforts as well.
The PepsiCo boycott has garnered the
support of over 30 US prolife organizations and has extended to nearly a dozen
foreign countries. A shareholder resolution filed late last year with the
Security and Exchange Commission by a concerned stockholder would require that
PepsiCo “adopt a corporate policy that recognizes human rights and employs
ethical standards which do not involve using the remains of aborted human
beings in both private and collaborative research and development
agreements.”
PepsiCo attorneys responded with a
36 page plea to the SEC in an attempt to quash the information. Both
sides are currently awaiting the SEC ruling.
See www.cogforlife.org/oklahomasenator.htm
for more information
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