There are studies on biotech foods that date back to 1973.

One of the things we always teach spokespeople in a crisis is to demonstrate your own personal involvement. From a psychological perspective, it's very powerful when people see it, whether in a jury box or the public.

The longer that there is no decision, the more confused consumers are likely to become. We think consumers deserve to have action as soon as possible.

What these lists demonstrate is that we have been safely consuming foods containing biotech ingredients for nearly a decade now. This is what the food industry has been saying all along, that biotech ingredients are in more and more foods every day and that they are as safe and nutritious as non-biotech foods.

We have 17 restaurants that come in and we set up tables; and the restaurants bring deserts and hors d'oeuvres and people go around and sample what they have.

There are going to be 26 tables this year because some business are brining both deserts and hors d'oeuvres.