"Apeel is composed entirely of purified monoglycerides and diglycerides, edible compounds that can be found in a variety of foods."
That last phrase is deliberately deceptive: compounds that can be found in a variety of foods. Do you remember the sugar substitute that marketed itself as having the same substances that can be found in bananas and milk?
Granny Smith apples always had a greasy layer which is impossible to wash off. Even in my childhood sixty years ago they were the same. Stored apples naturally produce a greasy/waxy layer over time. If you have ever stored apples grown yourself you will realise this as a natural phenomenon.
That said, as a previously registered organic farmer myself I can categorically say that an organic label basically means Jack 5h1t. That's why I de-registered - the whole thing is corrupt, more than you can imagine. Buy direct from a trusted, known grower and if you can't, do without. Be safe.
Indeed it may have, though I think the main culprit is basic human greed.
When the certifying body allows the use of chemicals and practices which are presumed by the purchaser to have been prohibited, and when the inspectors advise against sound organic practice because they fall within those rules then something is very, very wrong.
Greed at certifying level means generating more members who pay handsomly to be 'certified'. Farmers have been invited and encouraged by subsidy systems to register as 'organic' under the guise of whatever buzz word is the current thing - environmentalism, sustainability, all that. They have no knowledge or in depth desire to do anything other than tick another box on the subsidy forms and get a premium.
The same with many retailers, they jump on the bandwagon because of their retail premium and edge above retailers who dont carry those lines and they look good in the eyes of the shopper. Once in the shop the customer ends up buying 'non-organic' produce to fill in the gaps over the toekn 'organic' lines carried.
As a peerson who is passionate about no inputs and natural grown crops I used only to buy organic labelled food, for the produce I did not grow. If it wasn't available as 'organic' I didn't have it. End of. Yes, it means six months of brassicas and a very plain diet if we add in seasonality, which we really should if we care about 'eating local and seasonally' and that s a struggle for many people. Then even the local 'organic' shop started slipping in odd lines of 'non-organic' to fill in the gaps. Again, greed. Folk buy out of season and imported goods because they can. Greed again, why should we suffer with stored veg and brassicas every day when we could have more choice.
And then I registered as an organic producer and my eyes were truly opened to the sham that it all is.
The organic label means nothing, in reality. How corrupt and infiltrated it all is I do not know, I left the 'certified' system over 20 years ago. I raise my grass and animals absolutely naturally with no inputs whatsoever. That is the presumption of food produced under the organic label. I can tell you from direct experience and from the inside that this is not the norm..
Greed corrupts and it is endemic and, sadly, part of human nature. Think hard on how deep this truly goes, it is everywhere. We don't need infiltration by some nefarious party, it is rife and ripe for the picking by anyone who wants to take advantage, for their own greed.
Greed does play a part, no doubt about it. There are certifiers who are in it because they see the market for organic produce & want to take advantage. However, it is not the entire story. Here in Australia there are several different organic certifiers. They all have different rules or standards to abide by. Some have been around for a very long time & are run by totally ethical & moral people who hold very high standards. This is reflected in the limited number of organic products they certify & which consequently as a consumer are very difficult to find on shelves. Other certifiers are not quite as strict, therefore products are easier to find in stores. All it takes is a couple of people within the certifiers who see things in a different way who try to water down the standards, whether they have been placed there deliberately to try to weaken the certifier is hard to know. There are some newer certifiers I've seen who I feel were deliberately set up as fronts for the large corporations to get their products certified. But without contacts within the industry it is hard to know for sure.
It is great that you continue to farm & produce to a really high standard. I know there are some food producers locally who do not get certified but who produce a superior product because they want to.
Another thing to consider is that with the spread of biotechnology, forced safety procedures by governments in the name of food safety, industrial inputs that result in contamination across most of the globe it will be increasingly difficult if not impossible to avoid contamination in some form or another.
I'd suggest to you to get involved with groups of like minded people or organic associations anyway, at least so you can follow along & see what is happening & to make contact with others.
Thanks Iya. There are good producers out there for sure. My main point I think is that the 'organic' label in and of itself needs to be treated with a lot more caution than (I feel) most people would properly appreciate and understand. Certification is not hte be all and end all of 'good' food, and - as you say - there are many good small producers who are ot certified and produce to standards way higher than are allowed even in the organic system. I also get that it is difficult for most people to source really good food, and comes with a minefield of difficult decisions. I feel fortunate that I have land that I can use to feed myself, my family and those I care for. I appreciate that most folk are not so well placed. That again is a choice. I gave up city life 35 years ago and contented myself with what many would consider a meagre existence. as long as I have good food , clean water outside of the municipal system and good health nothing else really matters. The main contaminant for me is in the rainwater, and there is indeed nothing I can do about that as far as landfall. My grassland is healthy and productive, it is the best I can hope for. I have many practical skills and for the most part do not need anyone to provide anything for me. Haha, unless the car was to break down I suppose. Then I would need help. There is one bus a week to the local town here.. ... Probably that's a luxury compared with many places in Oz.
It is late here in the UK and I am rambling...... g'night.
Great to hear about your setup. Make sure to pass on those practical skills & values to younger generations if you can.
I wouldn't be surprised if even rainwater is fairly contaminated. There's a lot going on in the skies. Solar Radiation Management techniques, including Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. Whatever compounds are being used will eventually find their way into living water & plant life.
Who was the certifier back in the day that you found corrupt?
I'm aware of a few organisations in the UK like the Soil Association who seem to me to be doing good work. Then there's people like Charles Dowding who I'm a fan of.
Hi, Valerie. I posted the article. Now I've been asked where the list of contents came from. I can't find it. Is there another FDA document showing the quoted contents? Any help appreciated.
Now for the truth.
This comes directly from the FDA Papers about ‘Apeel’.
Contains: Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Palladium, and Mercury
Contains: Citric Acid which is almost always derived from GMO corn
Contains: Soap, sodium oleate (yes, extra salt, sodium in your diet)
Contains: Ethyl acetate, a flavoring agent, used in solvents, paints, lacquers, perfumes, and processed foods, which is toxic if ingested or inhaled
Heptane: Used in test fuels, petroleum refinements, cements, and inks
Contains: Toluene, a highly toxic chemical with a wide range of detrimental health effects when inhaled, swallowed, or when comes in contact with skin or eyes
Thank you so much Valerie. This is what went wrong: Dr. Lyons-Weiler posted this article: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/_apeel which has the same url link you just gave me - but that url in the article is linked to the patent and not the pdf you've just given me. See the article url I've just given here and go to the hyperlink for /135999/ to see what opens. These things happen. Hope that made sense. Now I've got the right pdf link, I can relax. Just found your substack, so I shall catch up soon. p.s. I'm in the UK so although not directly relevant it's really important info.
Thank you for explaining the link situation. Mom's Across America put my blog up for more people to see it. I am not sure why the link was changed. I have contacted them to see if they can put the correct link on the article.
One good thing is that if the growers at the farmers markets have never heard of it and they are really growing their own to sell direct, for those that eat them, these products should be safe.
I am safe, I only eat highly processed plant material. I grow grass and eat my grazing animals, I don't eat any plant matter directly. Phew.
As politely as I can, I'll comment on this: this is dumb. I totally did not expect to see such low quality post from someone of JLW's caliber.
These kinds of articles like the one referenced written by functionally illiterate people is precisely why the legitimate concerns about food, water, and vaccines gain no traction.
They list ingredients, pick out the familiar terms and then RUN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.
They provide ZERO analysis of the quantities of these horrible ingredients and ZERO frame of reference. Further, they espouse some truly laughable concerns.
For example, here's one: "sodium oleate (yes, extra salt, sodium in your diet)"
Who cares about "extra salt"?! At an MW ratio of (oleate*Na):Na 304:23, you'll ingest 13.2 grams of oleate for every 1 gram of sodium. This amount of sodium is contained in 2.5 grams of table salt. Now, 13.2 grams of oleate -- consumed in a single setting -- is a SEVERELY toxic amount (see case report https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9776962/).
Now, how much of this horrible sodium in your diet are you going to get?
In the FDA GRAS Notice they reference (https://www.fda.gov/media/135999/download), page 11, we find out that they intend to use 152 g of Apeel on 100 kg of produce.
On page 10, we can find the max content of "soap" in Apeel, which is 6% w/w, which means that for every 100 kg of produce that you eat unwashed, you'll get 9 grams of oleate. How bad is it? Isn't that a toxic amount? Well, let's see. Average American consumes 3 tbsp (~45 ml or ~40 g) of vegetable oil daily, and the oleate triglyceride accounts for about 50% (depending on the oil). Oleate triglyceride is broken down to produce free oleate in the gut. This means that a person consumes about 6 grams of oleate DAILY. So clearly (1) our body can process oleate just fine and (2) 9 grams of oleate per 100 KILOGRAMS of produce is not going to produce any adverse effects whatsoever -- unless you were to eat it all in a single setting maybe.
This is just one "point" they made. This is pure misinformation -- or in good 'ol American, "bullshit."
And let me, as politely as I can, share with you my opinion that education is wasted on some people. I think you'll find, regardless of the miniscule amounts of chemicals/toxins etc in the coating, the common sense point is that no one who buys organic anything (or any fruit or veg come to that) wants it to be coated. Who gave Bill Gates (or whoever) permission to contaminate our food? That's the question. Why are you not as outraged about the attitude of these companies as you are about some perceived ignorance on the writer's part?
"Just dumb" is just dumb. Maybe you should respect JLW's decision to share this, or just write to him and tell him it's beneath his dignity. Eh?
Yawn. Yeah, that's exactly the kind of a reply that I expected: ignoring both the sentiment of my comment and my analysis in its entirety -- and making a strawman out of my argument complete with putting words in my mouth as a cherry on the top.
I think whoever is putting a non removable sealing cover on fruit and vegetables , is going to do so because that way, he can put some substance he feels entitled to administer - some new and improved, safely and effectively sterilizing or life shortening for instance, e mass medication/vaccination or whatever he sees fit for us, for instance the newest "pandemic" simulating toxic pathogen du jour, UNDER that cover on the fruit or vegetable so it cannot be washed off and is ensured to be ingested.
Why does any food need this product? Who benefits? Why should I, or not, eat metals (Lead, Cadmium, Palladium, and Mercury)? Cadmium is known to cause cancer; lead is a poison; paladium is used in catalytic converters, its toxicity is unknown; mercury is toxic.
The manufacturer claims: "Apeel gives the entire supply chain more time. That's better for your business, your customers, and our planet." So Apeel is all about shelf life and the supply chain for fresh produce. Sure, now fruit can be grown in any place on the planet that has cheap labor and shipped to countries willing to pay well, regardless of how long the fruit takes from picking in the field to consumption. If an orange is coated with Apeel, will we ever be able to declare it "fresh"?
Thank you. I have been telling everyone I know about it, but a flyer would be great to hand out and leave around stores. Can you share your flyer with us?
my bff of 45+ yrs, is a veteran food columnist and natural health/food advocate (supposedly). when I forwarded a Mercola article about this, to ask her opinion, she never heard of it, 'looked it up', only to confuse it with some disinfectant with a similar name. THEN she read the 'ad copy' type information and said 'well this is an improvement' over the crap that's being done to produce now. UGH! then she went on to pooh pooh my concern and forwarded a puff piece from Scopes, of all places! I had to tell her that if she considered Scopes a 'trusted source' of information, I could no longer trust HER opinion. sadly, this is someone who is still beating the 'low fat, heart-healthy', plant-forward type eating. she has been able to help her husband control his chronic Lyme with low inflammatory diet and of course she's a fantastic cook and food photographer but wow, talk about the blinders...
I sent your reference to my local CSA and this is what they replied. So, not sure where the truth lays on this ............
Thank you for reaching out to us. We were made aware of a social media post circulating about a product called Apeel. Unfortunately, the information in the post is misleading to consumers. The Product Safety Datasheet referenced in the post is for a different product from a UK company named Apeel, which manufactures cleaning chemicals.
The Apeel Edipeel produce coating is 100% safe and approved by the FDA. This product has been used on certain produce items since 2015 to extend the shelf life. The ingredients in Apeel Edipeel are derived from fruits and vegetables and contain no animal products. This product is 100% edible and does not require washing off like the older wax coatings used until 2015. Most produce at conventional grocery stores does have the Apeel Edipeel coating applied to extend product shelf life. This coating can also be completely washed off.
That being said, none of our produce is coated with this product. Produce with this protective layer will have a green sticker stating the coating has been applied. We source our produce from small farms throughout the Southwest region.
Here is some more information about the social media post and the Apeel Edipeel coating:
I received an email marketing piece about (of course) how wonderful it was.
"Apeel is composed entirely of purified monoglycerides and diglycerides, edible compounds that can be found in a variety of foods."
That last phrase is deliberately deceptive: compounds that can be found in a variety of foods. Do you remember the sugar substitute that marketed itself as having the same substances that can be found in bananas and milk?
Is this Gate's latest invention that will soon be mandated? Mother's milk, mosquitoes, 'vaccines', what can't he weaponize?
So no labeling required? My friend had Granny Smith Organic apples. I tried to wash of the wax with vege wash with no luck. Does that indicate Apeel?
Granny Smith apples always had a greasy layer which is impossible to wash off. Even in my childhood sixty years ago they were the same. Stored apples naturally produce a greasy/waxy layer over time. If you have ever stored apples grown yourself you will realise this as a natural phenomenon.
That said, as a previously registered organic farmer myself I can categorically say that an organic label basically means Jack 5h1t. That's why I de-registered - the whole thing is corrupt, more than you can imagine. Buy direct from a trusted, known grower and if you can't, do without. Be safe.
Organic certifiers may have been targeted, infiltrated & undermined over time.
Indeed it may have, though I think the main culprit is basic human greed.
When the certifying body allows the use of chemicals and practices which are presumed by the purchaser to have been prohibited, and when the inspectors advise against sound organic practice because they fall within those rules then something is very, very wrong.
Greed at certifying level means generating more members who pay handsomly to be 'certified'. Farmers have been invited and encouraged by subsidy systems to register as 'organic' under the guise of whatever buzz word is the current thing - environmentalism, sustainability, all that. They have no knowledge or in depth desire to do anything other than tick another box on the subsidy forms and get a premium.
The same with many retailers, they jump on the bandwagon because of their retail premium and edge above retailers who dont carry those lines and they look good in the eyes of the shopper. Once in the shop the customer ends up buying 'non-organic' produce to fill in the gaps over the toekn 'organic' lines carried.
As a peerson who is passionate about no inputs and natural grown crops I used only to buy organic labelled food, for the produce I did not grow. If it wasn't available as 'organic' I didn't have it. End of. Yes, it means six months of brassicas and a very plain diet if we add in seasonality, which we really should if we care about 'eating local and seasonally' and that s a struggle for many people. Then even the local 'organic' shop started slipping in odd lines of 'non-organic' to fill in the gaps. Again, greed. Folk buy out of season and imported goods because they can. Greed again, why should we suffer with stored veg and brassicas every day when we could have more choice.
And then I registered as an organic producer and my eyes were truly opened to the sham that it all is.
The organic label means nothing, in reality. How corrupt and infiltrated it all is I do not know, I left the 'certified' system over 20 years ago. I raise my grass and animals absolutely naturally with no inputs whatsoever. That is the presumption of food produced under the organic label. I can tell you from direct experience and from the inside that this is not the norm..
Greed corrupts and it is endemic and, sadly, part of human nature. Think hard on how deep this truly goes, it is everywhere. We don't need infiltration by some nefarious party, it is rife and ripe for the picking by anyone who wants to take advantage, for their own greed.
Sad, but true.
Greed does play a part, no doubt about it. There are certifiers who are in it because they see the market for organic produce & want to take advantage. However, it is not the entire story. Here in Australia there are several different organic certifiers. They all have different rules or standards to abide by. Some have been around for a very long time & are run by totally ethical & moral people who hold very high standards. This is reflected in the limited number of organic products they certify & which consequently as a consumer are very difficult to find on shelves. Other certifiers are not quite as strict, therefore products are easier to find in stores. All it takes is a couple of people within the certifiers who see things in a different way who try to water down the standards, whether they have been placed there deliberately to try to weaken the certifier is hard to know. There are some newer certifiers I've seen who I feel were deliberately set up as fronts for the large corporations to get their products certified. But without contacts within the industry it is hard to know for sure.
It is great that you continue to farm & produce to a really high standard. I know there are some food producers locally who do not get certified but who produce a superior product because they want to.
Another thing to consider is that with the spread of biotechnology, forced safety procedures by governments in the name of food safety, industrial inputs that result in contamination across most of the globe it will be increasingly difficult if not impossible to avoid contamination in some form or another.
I'd suggest to you to get involved with groups of like minded people or organic associations anyway, at least so you can follow along & see what is happening & to make contact with others.
Thanks Iya. There are good producers out there for sure. My main point I think is that the 'organic' label in and of itself needs to be treated with a lot more caution than (I feel) most people would properly appreciate and understand. Certification is not hte be all and end all of 'good' food, and - as you say - there are many good small producers who are ot certified and produce to standards way higher than are allowed even in the organic system. I also get that it is difficult for most people to source really good food, and comes with a minefield of difficult decisions. I feel fortunate that I have land that I can use to feed myself, my family and those I care for. I appreciate that most folk are not so well placed. That again is a choice. I gave up city life 35 years ago and contented myself with what many would consider a meagre existence. as long as I have good food , clean water outside of the municipal system and good health nothing else really matters. The main contaminant for me is in the rainwater, and there is indeed nothing I can do about that as far as landfall. My grassland is healthy and productive, it is the best I can hope for. I have many practical skills and for the most part do not need anyone to provide anything for me. Haha, unless the car was to break down I suppose. Then I would need help. There is one bus a week to the local town here.. ... Probably that's a luxury compared with many places in Oz.
It is late here in the UK and I am rambling...... g'night.
Great to hear about your setup. Make sure to pass on those practical skills & values to younger generations if you can.
I wouldn't be surprised if even rainwater is fairly contaminated. There's a lot going on in the skies. Solar Radiation Management techniques, including Stratospheric Aerosol Injection. Whatever compounds are being used will eventually find their way into living water & plant life.
Who was the certifier back in the day that you found corrupt?
I'm aware of a few organisations in the UK like the Soil Association who seem to me to be doing good work. Then there's people like Charles Dowding who I'm a fan of.
All the best,
Thank you for sharing my blog. I have written 7 blogs about 'Apeel' and other ways they are bio engineering our food. https://valeriewilson.substack.com/p/gene-altered-food-way-beyond-genetically
Hi, Valerie. I posted the article. Now I've been asked where the list of contents came from. I can't find it. Is there another FDA document showing the quoted contents? Any help appreciated.
Now for the truth.
This comes directly from the FDA Papers about ‘Apeel’.
Contains: Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, Palladium, and Mercury
Contains: Citric Acid which is almost always derived from GMO corn
Contains: Soap, sodium oleate (yes, extra salt, sodium in your diet)
Contains: Ethyl acetate, a flavoring agent, used in solvents, paints, lacquers, perfumes, and processed foods, which is toxic if ingested or inhaled
Heptane: Used in test fuels, petroleum refinements, cements, and inks
Contains: Toluene, a highly toxic chemical with a wide range of detrimental health effects when inhaled, swallowed, or when comes in contact with skin or eyes
Hi Mrs. H. Here is the link to the FDA papers where I got the information from: https://www.fda.gov/media/135999/download
Link to my substack: https://valeriewilson.substack.com/p/more-on-the-toxic-apeel
Thank you so much Valerie. This is what went wrong: Dr. Lyons-Weiler posted this article: https://www.momsacrossamerica.com/_apeel which has the same url link you just gave me - but that url in the article is linked to the patent and not the pdf you've just given me. See the article url I've just given here and go to the hyperlink for /135999/ to see what opens. These things happen. Hope that made sense. Now I've got the right pdf link, I can relax. Just found your substack, so I shall catch up soon. p.s. I'm in the UK so although not directly relevant it's really important info.
Thanks again.
Thank you for explaining the link situation. Mom's Across America put my blog up for more people to see it. I am not sure why the link was changed. I have contacted them to see if they can put the correct link on the article.
Thanks, I've mentioned it to people too and no-one heard of it.
It's Gates-directed so it should NOT be trusted, no matter how good the marketing gets.
One good thing is that if the growers at the farmers markets have never heard of it and they are really growing their own to sell direct, for those that eat them, these products should be safe.
I am safe, I only eat highly processed plant material. I grow grass and eat my grazing animals, I don't eat any plant matter directly. Phew.
🔥🔥🔥 Another gift brought to you by Bill Gates, the WEF and the WHO, approved by the agencies set up to protect your health….
As politely as I can, I'll comment on this: this is dumb. I totally did not expect to see such low quality post from someone of JLW's caliber.
These kinds of articles like the one referenced written by functionally illiterate people is precisely why the legitimate concerns about food, water, and vaccines gain no traction.
They list ingredients, pick out the familiar terms and then RUN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.
They provide ZERO analysis of the quantities of these horrible ingredients and ZERO frame of reference. Further, they espouse some truly laughable concerns.
For example, here's one: "sodium oleate (yes, extra salt, sodium in your diet)"
Who cares about "extra salt"?! At an MW ratio of (oleate*Na):Na 304:23, you'll ingest 13.2 grams of oleate for every 1 gram of sodium. This amount of sodium is contained in 2.5 grams of table salt. Now, 13.2 grams of oleate -- consumed in a single setting -- is a SEVERELY toxic amount (see case report https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9776962/).
Now, how much of this horrible sodium in your diet are you going to get?
In the FDA GRAS Notice they reference (https://www.fda.gov/media/135999/download), page 11, we find out that they intend to use 152 g of Apeel on 100 kg of produce.
On page 10, we can find the max content of "soap" in Apeel, which is 6% w/w, which means that for every 100 kg of produce that you eat unwashed, you'll get 9 grams of oleate. How bad is it? Isn't that a toxic amount? Well, let's see. Average American consumes 3 tbsp (~45 ml or ~40 g) of vegetable oil daily, and the oleate triglyceride accounts for about 50% (depending on the oil). Oleate triglyceride is broken down to produce free oleate in the gut. This means that a person consumes about 6 grams of oleate DAILY. So clearly (1) our body can process oleate just fine and (2) 9 grams of oleate per 100 KILOGRAMS of produce is not going to produce any adverse effects whatsoever -- unless you were to eat it all in a single setting maybe.
This is just one "point" they made. This is pure misinformation -- or in good 'ol American, "bullshit."
And let me, as politely as I can, share with you my opinion that education is wasted on some people. I think you'll find, regardless of the miniscule amounts of chemicals/toxins etc in the coating, the common sense point is that no one who buys organic anything (or any fruit or veg come to that) wants it to be coated. Who gave Bill Gates (or whoever) permission to contaminate our food? That's the question. Why are you not as outraged about the attitude of these companies as you are about some perceived ignorance on the writer's part?
"Just dumb" is just dumb. Maybe you should respect JLW's decision to share this, or just write to him and tell him it's beneath his dignity. Eh?
Yawn. Yeah, that's exactly the kind of a reply that I expected: ignoring both the sentiment of my comment and my analysis in its entirety -- and making a strawman out of my argument complete with putting words in my mouth as a cherry on the top.
The unholy trifecta. Bravo!
I think whoever is putting a non removable sealing cover on fruit and vegetables , is going to do so because that way, he can put some substance he feels entitled to administer - some new and improved, safely and effectively sterilizing or life shortening for instance, e mass medication/vaccination or whatever he sees fit for us, for instance the newest "pandemic" simulating toxic pathogen du jour, UNDER that cover on the fruit or vegetable so it cannot be washed off and is ensured to be ingested.
Why does any food need this product? Who benefits? Why should I, or not, eat metals (Lead, Cadmium, Palladium, and Mercury)? Cadmium is known to cause cancer; lead is a poison; paladium is used in catalytic converters, its toxicity is unknown; mercury is toxic.
Gee, another reason to not eat fruit.
The manufacturer claims: "Apeel gives the entire supply chain more time. That's better for your business, your customers, and our planet." So Apeel is all about shelf life and the supply chain for fresh produce. Sure, now fruit can be grown in any place on the planet that has cheap labor and shipped to countries willing to pay well, regardless of how long the fruit takes from picking in the field to consumption. If an orange is coated with Apeel, will we ever be able to declare it "fresh"?
Similar benefits were touted for the first genetically modified tomatos by Calgene more than 30 years ago. Belinda Martineau wrote a book about it.
Thank God those "tomatoes" are not in my grocery store.
Thank you. I have been telling everyone I know about it, but a flyer would be great to hand out and leave around stores. Can you share your flyer with us?
I discussed this, albeit parenthetically, a month ago at my substack https://blaisevanne.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-whole-foods-about More about mRNA shots in our meat, but also about APEEL
Year old gassed apples, glazed in Apeel. Yummy. https://www.foodrenegade.com/your-apples-year-old/
my bff of 45+ yrs, is a veteran food columnist and natural health/food advocate (supposedly). when I forwarded a Mercola article about this, to ask her opinion, she never heard of it, 'looked it up', only to confuse it with some disinfectant with a similar name. THEN she read the 'ad copy' type information and said 'well this is an improvement' over the crap that's being done to produce now. UGH! then she went on to pooh pooh my concern and forwarded a puff piece from Scopes, of all places! I had to tell her that if she considered Scopes a 'trusted source' of information, I could no longer trust HER opinion. sadly, this is someone who is still beating the 'low fat, heart-healthy', plant-forward type eating. she has been able to help her husband control his chronic Lyme with low inflammatory diet and of course she's a fantastic cook and food photographer but wow, talk about the blinders...
I sent your reference to my local CSA and this is what they replied. So, not sure where the truth lays on this ............
Thank you for reaching out to us. We were made aware of a social media post circulating about a product called Apeel. Unfortunately, the information in the post is misleading to consumers. The Product Safety Datasheet referenced in the post is for a different product from a UK company named Apeel, which manufactures cleaning chemicals.
The Apeel Edipeel produce coating is 100% safe and approved by the FDA. This product has been used on certain produce items since 2015 to extend the shelf life. The ingredients in Apeel Edipeel are derived from fruits and vegetables and contain no animal products. This product is 100% edible and does not require washing off like the older wax coatings used until 2015. Most produce at conventional grocery stores does have the Apeel Edipeel coating applied to extend product shelf life. This coating can also be completely washed off.
That being said, none of our produce is coated with this product. Produce with this protective layer will have a green sticker stating the coating has been applied. We source our produce from small farms throughout the Southwest region.
Here is some more information about the social media post and the Apeel Edipeel coating:
Apeel Edipeel Fact Check
Apeel Edipeel Product Information