Obama agency rules Pepsi use of cells derived from aborted fetus ‘ordinary business’

Life Site News ^ | March 5, 2012 | JOHN-HENRY WESTEN

[NYer]

LARGO, FL, March 5, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Pepsi Company, which is set to release the new product Pepsi Next in the coming weeks, is facing a more robust boycott as pro-life activists protest the company use of cells derived from an aborted fetus in flavor-enhancing research. But Pepsi has succeeded, with help from the Obama Administration, in keeping its controversial operations from consideration by its shareholders.

In a decision delivered Feb 28th, President Obama’s Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that PepsiCo’s use of cells derived from aborted fetal remains in their research and development agreement with Senomyx to produce flavor enhancers falls under “ordinary business operations.”

The letter signed by Attorney Brian Pitko of the SEC Office of Chief Counsel was sent in response to a 36-page document submitted by PepsiCo attorneys in January, 2012.  In that filing, PepsiCo pleaded with the SEC to reject the Shareholder’s Resolution filed in October 2011 that the company “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.”

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PepsiCo lead attorney George A. Schieren noted that the resolution should be excluded because it “deals with matters related to the company’s ordinary business operations” and that “certain tasks are so fundamental to run a company on a day-to-day basis that they could not be subject to stockholder oversight.”

Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director of Children of God for Life, the organization that exposed the PepsiCo-Senomyx collaboration last year was “appalled by the apathy and insensitivity” of both PepsiCo executives and the Obama administration.

“We’re not talking about what kind of pencils PepsiCo wants to use – we are talking about exploiting the remains of an aborted child for profit,” she said. “Using human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) to produce flavor enhancers for their beverages is a far cry from routine operations!”

PepsiCo also requested the resolution be excluded because it “probed too deeply into matters of a complex nature upon which shareholders cannot make an informed judgment.”

“In other words, PepsiCo thinks its stockholders are too stupid to understand what they are doing with the remains of aborted children,” Vinnedge stated. “Well they are about to find out just how smart the public really is when they turn up the heat on the world-wide boycott!”

Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey has proposed a bill SB1418 banning the sale of products that are developed with or contain aborted fetal remains. In the case of Pepsi products, the cells derived from the aborted fetus do not end up in the final product.

“We commend the Senator for his courageous move,” noted Vinnedge. “The public is already saying no thanks to all Pepsi beverages and Pepsi Next is just that – the “next” product to avoid!”

To date, the world-wide boycott has expanded to include Canada, Germany, Poland, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Portugal, Australia and New Zealand.

For more information visit Children of God for Life.

[nascarnation]

Why are you associating Pizza Hut and Pepsi?

[fishtank]

[Wuli]

If Pepsi were a government entity, I would agree Pepsi should not be using material from aborted fetuses, as the government can ban its support of their use.

As a private entity,

(1) I am sure Pepsi is permitted by (not restrained by) law to use material from aborted fetuses and yet

(2) I think private citizens and their organizations and associations should protest Pepsi’s use of the material and try to create sufficient public pressure to get them to quit.

We don’t need more laws and rules, we need more citizens that don’t need more laws and rules, because G-d has written His laws on their hearts.

[DesertRhino]

“Due to its previous ownership by PepsiCo, Pizza Hut, as with all Yum! Brands concepts, have a lifetime contract to sell Pepsi products. While Pizza Hut was owned by Pepsi, all three of Pizza Hut’s major competitors—Domino’s Pizza, Papa John’s Pizza, and Little Caesars—all sold Coca-Cola products”

Pizza hut comes with a pepsi

[bunkerhill7]

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[jersey117]

How gruesome.

[aruanan]

I’ll bet these are nothing more than the HEK 293 cell line. This immortal cell line has been around for decades and came from human embryonic kidney cells transformed by means of an adenovirus back in the 1970s. It is unknown whether the cells came from a naturally aborted fetus or not. At any rate, researchers don’t obtain these cells by going down to Planned Parenthood for samples. So if this was the cell line used and folks think that drinking a Pepsi product results in more abortions to keep the product line going they couldn’t be any more mistaken.

[TribalPrincess2U]

OMG! We're already a ‘soylent green’ society.

Never, never will I drink that crap. My son-in -law, worked for them and he drank lots of it. He died from esophageal and stomach cancer abt 10 years ago in his late 40’s I believe.

[marron]

You'd have to wonder what kind of person could even conceive of such a thing. The argument for so long in favor of the use of fetal tissue was the supposed life-saving treatments that would supposedly be developed for the sake of humanity.

And now we find they want to make a beverage with them.

These are people who have completely lost their moorings.

[pgkdan]

Here's a list of the brands owned by pepsi...

Breakfast Bars/Granola Bars:
 Quaker Chewy Granola Bars
 Quaker Chewy Granola Cocoa Bars
 Quaker Chewy Smashbars
 Quaker Dipps Granola Bars
 Quaker Oatmeal to Go Bars
 Quaker Stila Bars
Coffee Drinks:
 Seattle’s Best Coffee
 Starbucks DoubleShot
 Starbucks Frappuccino
 Starbucks Iced Coffee

Energy Drinks:
 AMP Energy
 No Fear Energy Drinks
 Starbucks Refreshers
Tea/Lemonade:
 Brisk
 Lipton Iced Tea
 Lipton PureLeaf
 SoBe Tea
 Tazo Tea
Juice/Juice Drinks:
 AMP Energy Juice
 Dole Plus Fortified Juices
 Dole Sensation Juice Drinks
 IZZE Sparkling Juice
 Ocean Spray Juice/Juice Drinks
 Naked Juice
 Naked Juice Coconut Water
 SoBe Juice Drinks
 SoBe Lean Diet Juice Drink
 Tropicana Trop50 Beverages
 Tropicana Pure Premium Juices
 Tropicana Tropics
Oatmeal/Cereals:
 Cap’n Crunch Cereal
 King Vitaman Cereal
 Mother’s Ready‐to‐Eat & Hot Cereals
 Quaker Grits
 Quaker Instant Oatmeal
 Quaker Life Cereal
 Quaker Natural Granola Cereal
 Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal
 Quaker Old Fashioned/Quick/Steel Cut Oats
 Quaker Oh!s Cereal
 Quaker Puffed Rice
 Quaker Real Medleys
 Quaker Whole Hearts cereal
 Quisp Cereal
Other:
 Aunt Jemima Mixes & Syrups
 Quaker Oatmeal Pancake Mix
Rice Snacks:
 Quaker Large Rice Cakes
 Quaker Mini Delights
 Quaker Multigrain Fiber Crisps
 Quaker Quakes
Side Dishes:
 Near East Side Dishes
 Pasta Roni Side Dishes
 Rice‐A‐Roni Side Dishes
Snacks:
 Baked! Cheetos Snacks
 Baked! Doritos Tortilla Chips
 Baked! Lay’s Potato Crisps
 Baked! Ruffles Potato Chips
 Baked! Tostitos Tortilla Chips
 Baken‐ets Pork Skins and Cracklins
 Cheetos Cheese Flavored Snacks
 Chester’s Flavored Fries
 Chester’s Popcorn
 Cracker Jack Candy Coated Popcorn
 Doritos Tortilla Chips
 El Isleno Plantain Chips
 Frito‐Lay, Fritos and Tostitos Dips & Salsas
 Frito‐Lay Nuts & Seeds
 Fritos Corn Chips
 Funyons Onion Flavored Rings
 Gamesa Cookies and Wafers
 Grandma’s Cookies
 Hickory Sticks
 Hostess Potato Chips
 Lay’s Kettle Cooked P otato Chips
 Lay’s Potato Chips
 Lay’s Stax Potato Crisps
 Lay’s Wavy Potato Chips
 Matador Meat Snacks
 Maui Style Potato Chips
 Miss Vicky’s Potato Chips
 Munchies Snack Crackers
 Munchies Snack Mix
 Munchos Potato Crisps
 Natural Cheetos
 Natural Lay’s
 Natural Ruffles
 Natural Tostitos
 Nut Harvest Nuts
 Quaker Breakfast Cookies
 Quaker Snack Mix
 Quaker Soft Baked Cookies
 Rold Gold Pretzels
 Ruffles Potato Chips
 Sabra hummus, dips and salsas
 Sabritones Puffed Wheat Snacks
 Santitas Tortilla Chips
 Smartfood Popcorn
 Smartfood Popcorn Clusters
 Spitz Seeds
 Stacy’s Pita and Bagel Chips
 SunChips Multigrain Snacks
 Tostitos Artisan Recipes Tortilla Chips
 Tostitos Multigrain Tortilla Chips
 Tostitos Tortilla Chips
Soft Drinks:
 Citrus Blast
 Diet Pepsi
 Diet Mountain Dew
 Diet Sierra Mist
 Manzanita Sol
 Mirinda
 Mountain Dew
 Mug Soft Drinks
 Pepsi
 Pepsi Max
 Pepsi Next
 Sierra Mist Natural
Sports Nutrition:
 Gatorade G Series Prime 01
 Gatorade Thirst Quencher – G Series Perform 02
 Gatorade G Series Recover 03
 Gatorade G2
 Gatorade Natural
 Gatorade G2 Natural
 Gatorade G Series FIT Prime 01 Pre‐Workout Fuel
 Gatorade G Series FIT Perform 02 Workout Hydration
 Gatorade G Series FIT Recover 03 Post‐Workout Recovery
 Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Shake

 Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Nutrition Bar
 Gatorade G Series PRO 01 Carbohydrate Energy Formula
 Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Endurance Formula
 Gatorade G Series PRO 02 Perform Gatorlytes
 Gatorade G Series PRO 03 Protein Recovery Shake
 Gatorade G Series PRO Prime +
 Gatorade G Series PRO Recover +
Water:
 Aquafina
 Aquafina FlavorSplash
 Propel Zero
 Propel Zero Powder
 SoBe Lifewater

[b cool]

“I also believe that Pizza Hut is a Pepsi owned company. I’ll have to check.”

If memory serves me correctly, I believe that Pepsico owns, Frito-Lay, Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco-Bell and Gator-Ade.

...Just nasty what they are doing.

[pgkdan]

Looks like I’m going to have to make a bunch of changes to my shopping list!

[batmast]

Pepsi Next...is people! (ala Soylant green)

[aruanan]

“We’re not talking about what kind of pencils PepsiCo wants to use – we are talking about exploiting the remains of an aborted child for profit,” she said. “Using human embryonic kidney (HEK-293) to produce flavor enhancers for their beverages is a far cry from routine operations!”

As I thought. Sheesh, these folks are just a bit nutty here. The HEK293 cells are standard research tools in molecular cell biology. They are not used to make flavor enhancers in the sense that anyone drinking a Pepsi is drinking aborted fetuses. When people start portraying things like this in order to sway others to support them, they're essentially lying and justifying it by saying they're doing it in a good cause--the end justifies the means. This is similar to the misuse of the statistics in breast cancer and abortion. They make it sound as though an abortion increases a woman's chance of cancer when, in actuality, it's only reducing it towards the risk run by women who have never ever been pregnant. In fact, a sufficiently large group of women having an abortion at the end of the first trimester would should a reduced risk of breast cancer when compared to a group of nulliparous women, but no one is using this as a way of saying women should have an abortion after the first trimester because that way they can reduce their risk of breast cancer without all the bother of actually having the kid.

[ScottinVA]

company use of cells derived from an aborted fetus in flavor-enhancing research.

How in the hell does THAT enhance flavor? Forget it... maybe I don't really want to know. This is one sick ****ing country.

[NYer]

Thank you Dom, for compiling that extensive list of Pepsi assets. Okay, Uncle Slayton, you're on!

Boycott Pepsi!

[bgill]

That list is long. I’ve been able to very easily switch brands in the past but these products are going to take some serious work to ban from this house. Still, I’m printing it out and posting it on the fridge. We buy store brand Dr. Pepper for home but going out, it’ll be hard to substitute. But there’s no substitution for Funyuns. The only pizza place here in podunkville is Pizza Hut and the only taco place is Taco Bell.

[musicman]

[aruanan]

That list is long. I’ve been able to very easily switch brands in the past but these products are going to take some serious work to ban from this house. Still, I’m printing it out and posting it on the fridge. We buy store brand Dr. Pepper for home but going out, it’ll be hard to substitute. But there’s no substitution for Funyuns. The only pizza place here in podunkville is Pizza Hut and the only taco place is Taco Bell.

Knee-jerkism is alive and well. People on this thread really need to do a bit more research before making uninformed choices based on misleading claims.

[nascarnation]

If you take that approach, every little league ball diamond that has a Pepsi sign on the outfield wall gets added to the boycott list, right?