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

Emily Salinas
Courtney Troman
Tina Yomtob
Nancy Pavlicek
Janine DiMarco
Susan Enger
Susan Crow
Toby Bura
Shellie Long
Stephen Brumpton
Logan Daniels
Rachel Farmer
Rosalie Gardner
Alicia Evolga
Kelly Rashe
Donna Nelson
Megan diana Mackin
Susan Myers
Tami Iles
Linda Smith
Julia Brayshaw
Dr. John Zimmerman
John Olley
Kate Harris
Billie Carbone
Kathleen Malone
Devin May
Lauren Palladini
Christina Escontrias
Deborah Brown
587 signatures

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  • 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
  • Rachel Farmer
    signed 2024-09-03 01:49:09 -0400
  • Rosalie Gardner
    signed 2024-09-03 01:13:33 -0400
  • Alicia Evolga
    signed 2024-09-02 23:25:31 -0400
  • Kelly Rashe
    signed 2024-09-02 22:21:40 -0400
  • Donna Nelson
    signed 2024-09-02 21:29:47 -0400
  • Megan diana Mackin
    signed 2024-09-02 21:03:17 -0400
  • Susan Myers
    signed 2024-09-02 17:18:19 -0400
    I had a box of Banze pasta that I found that was well beyond the use by date and I threw it out a while ago because it was not organic. Thankfully I did. Please switch to an organic source for your products. Until you do I will not purchase any of your products and will share why to others who want healthy food.
  • Tami Iles
    signed 2024-09-02 14:51:36 -0400
  • Linda Smith
    signed 2024-09-02 14:44:51 -0400
  • Julia Brayshaw
    signed 2024-09-02 13:12:44 -0400
  • Dr. John Zimmerman
    signed 2024-09-02 12:47:51 -0400
  • John Olley
    signed 2024-09-02 11:52:01 -0400
  • Kate Harris
    signed 2024-09-02 11:39:17 -0400
  • Billie Carbone
    signed 2024-09-02 10:38:57 -0400
  • Kathleen Malone
    signed 2024-09-02 10:29:49 -0400
  • Devin May
    signed 2024-09-01 08:52:56 -0400
  • Lauren Palladini
    signed 2024-08-31 15:53:03 -0400
  • Christina Escontrias
    signed 2024-08-31 11:20:45 -0400
  • Deborah Brown
    signed 2024-08-31 10:53:05 -0400

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