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Marie-Cécile Pineau - The GM Group is a family business founded in 1988 by Georges Marchand, which is now managed by his children. With a network of 24 exclusive distributors, the GM Group is present in hotels the world over, in 60 countries on five continents. It is true that we prefer promoting our distributors, however I can assure you that decision makers in large international groups know us well.

From its inception, the group reinvented the concept of guest amenities in the hospitality industry by signing licensing agreements with major cosmetic brands like L’Oréal, Ô de Lancôme, Nina Ricci, Yves Rocher. Today we manage a portfolio of thirty brands that we are always striving to develop. We also have a service for creating made to measure exclusive lines. But we have no intent of putting ourselves forward. Our products must bring added value to our hotel partners and the brands we are working with, although from a legal point of view, we are the ones responsible for placing on the market.

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by joetaxpayer

Into those who consume them.

This process actually occurs quite commonly in nature, especially among bacteria, which do not reproduce sexually and therefore have evolved a number of mechanisms through which to transfer genetic information directly between one another directly. Viruses themselves can essentially be described as ‘pieces of genetic information in search of chromosomes,’ their very “infectivity” being examples of horizontal gene transfer between species. The whole field of genetic engineering, in fact, would not exist were it not for the science and technology that harnesses and/or co-opts processes of horizontal gene transfer.

Technically speaking, horizontal gene transfer (also known as “lateral gene transfer”) is the process by which an organism incorporates genetic material from another organism without being the offspring of that organism. Vertical transfer, on the other hand, occurs when an organism receives genetic material from its ancestor, e.g., its parent or a species from which it has evolved....

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by roberta

Considering our corporate-controlled food supply, you might imagine there are many different opinions on what “natural” means, since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) doesn’t regulate the term. This past December, California resident Julie Gengo brought a class-action lawsuit against Frito-Lay for advertising its Tostitos and Sun Chips as all natural, despite the fact that both are made with genetically modified corn. Her suit follows another, brought by the same New York City law firm, Milberg LLC, against food giant ConAgra for advertising its canola oil as natural, even though it, too, is made from a genetically modified crop.

Neither case has gone to trial, but both bring up one of the most contentious issues in the food movement today: labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. Ingredients made from genetically modified crops, or GMOs, such as corn, soy, canola, and even cotton exist in approximately 70 percent of the processed foods on store shelves,...

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