Banza Petition - Moms Across America

Banza Petition

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Please sign this petition to Banza:

Dear Banza,

We at Moms Across America, our team and supporters as signed below, are concerned about the health of our families and community. We are writing to you to request that you switch to sourcing your chick peas only from organic or regenerative organic sources and join us in creating a safer food supply for all.

We agree that chickpeas can be a healthy source of protein and nutrients. We love chickpeas and the idea of chickpea pasta! However, we disagree that chickpeas with any (low or high) levels of glyphosate on them are ever healthy.

We also disagree that just because your products or any food company's products test below FDA allowable maximum residue levels for glyphosate or any pesticide, that your products are safe. Hundreds of studies show that glyphosate and other agrochemicals are not safe at very low levels of exposure. To ignore these studies is irresponsible and misleading to the American public. We know you have no intention of misleading the American public and ask you to do better than the FDA. You can find many of the studies here.

We are also concerned that your letter to the public on your website states that glyphosate cooked down to .1 ppm (100 ppb) when cooked, but you do not state for how long that pasta was cooked. A doctor who communicated with you by email reported that your team stated that the pasta was cooked for 15 minutes to achieve that result. We assert that no one cooks their pasta for 15 minutes unless they have forgotten about it; normal cooking time, according to your package, is 6-9 minutes.

In MAA's testing, cooking the pasta in distilled water for 6 minutes, as recommended, showed 161.5 ppb of glyphosate still present. Neither finding, 100 or 161 ppb is safe. Therefore, it is not accurate to state that your food is safe containing these levels of glyphosate.

In addition, if anyone uses your pasta product dry, as in a casserole recipe, the glyphosate (over 2000 ppb from the box we tested) will not be discarded in the water. It will remain in the casserole dish. Also, for any chickpea pizza crust product you sell, one might expect that all glyphosate residues will remain in the pizza crust if the chickpeas are not first boiled. We ask that you inspect these matters and take action to provide safe products.

We know it is not your intention to have glyphosate in your food products, but continuing to allow it is unconscionable. We ask you to join with us in petitioning the EPA to disallow glyphosate as a drying agent on food and feed crops. In the meantime, we also ask that you switch suppliers to organic and/or regenerative organic farmers and require that future suppliers do not spray glyphosate or any other harmful agrochemical on the ingredients you use in any food product. 

We hope you will agree to these two reasonable and healthy requests.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Moms Across America and supporters as signed below.

 

Who's signing

melissa odonnell
Shirley J McCandless
Robyn Gillow
Danielle Maxfield
Amanda Banevicius
Anita Nesland
Gina Swem
Linda Lee
Janice Fletcher
Cindy Wiedoff
Marta Tucker
Gina Clemens
Kimberly Morris
Lisa Jo Warren
Stacia hoover
Td Mackeroy
Nancy Grubbs
Laurie Masters
Kareema Pinder
Emily Salinas
Courtney Troman
Tina Yomtob
Nancy Pavlicek
Janine DiMarco
Susan Enger
Susan Crow
Toby Bura
Shellie Long
Stephen Brumpton
Logan Daniels
573 signatures

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Showing 408 reactions

  • melissa odonnell
    signed 2024-10-02 12:32:56 -0400
    Melissa ODonnell
  • Shirley J McCandless
    signed 2024-09-30 17:56:43 -0400
  • Robyn Gillow
    signed 2024-09-28 11:41:08 -0400
  • Danielle Maxfield
    signed 2024-09-24 00:02:54 -0400
  • Amanda Banevicius
    signed 2024-09-21 13:09:53 -0400
  • Anita Nesland
    signed 2024-09-19 00:25:22 -0400
  • Gina Swem
    signed 2024-09-18 09:20:36 -0400
    No more poisoning our families!
  • Linda Lee
    signed 2024-09-13 13:54:57 -0400
    Bought this recently from Costco, now because of your article I will be throwing in the trash, not compost but the actual trash landfill.
  • Janice Fletcher
    signed 2024-09-12 12:47:48 -0400
  • Cindy Wiedoff
    signed 2024-09-12 01:10:13 -0400
  • Marta Tucker
    signed 2024-09-11 13:50:17 -0400
  • Gina Clemens
    signed 2024-09-10 17:20:58 -0400
  • Kimberly Morris
    signed 2024-09-10 16:47:33 -0400
  • Lisa Jo Warren
    signed 2024-09-10 16:34:12 -0400
    Stop allowing the poisoning of We the People. It is a crime.
  • Stacia hoover
    signed 2024-09-10 13:33:03 -0400
  • Td Mackeroy
    signed 2024-09-10 09:53:30 -0400
  • Nancy Grubbs
    signed 2024-09-10 07:10:32 -0400
    Throwing mine stock of Banza away. Will not purchase again.
  • Laurie Masters
    signed 2024-09-10 04:13:13 -0400
  • Kareema Pinder
    signed 2024-09-07 10:58:45 -0400
  • Emily Salinas
    signed 2024-09-07 10:40:08 -0400
  • Courtney Troman
    signed 2024-09-06 23:52:18 -0400
  • Tina Yomtob
    signed 2024-09-05 18:07:57 -0400
  • Nancy Pavlicek
    signed 2024-09-04 22:51:43 -0400
    I would love to see an organic version of your delicious pasta. Until then, I will buy other brands that have organic. Please care enough to provide a chemical free pasta.
  • Janine DiMarco
    signed 2024-09-04 22:15:07 -0400
  • Susan Enger
    signed 2024-09-03 23:12:07 -0400
    Health is wealth! Eat Clean! Eat Organic!
  • Susan Crow
    signed 2024-09-03 19:53:56 -0400
    I purchased your product at costco and will be returning it due to the huge levels of glyphosate in the product. Please use NON GMO foods in all your products.
  • Toby Bura
    signed 2024-09-03 17:51:26 -0400
  • Shellie Long
    signed 2024-09-03 16:22:45 -0400
    We will no longer be purchasing your brand again until you take the steps necessary making it safe for my family to consume. If I see it stamped Organic in the future I will consider purchasing again. We want nurishment not poison.
  • Stephen Brumpton
    signed 2024-09-03 14:26:59 -0400
  • Logan Daniels
    signed 2024-09-03 13:48:24 -0400

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