EU set to weaken GMO law
Zero tolerance policy under threat
The European Commission is under pressure from the biotech industry to drop its policy of "zero tolerance" for the presence of unapproved GMOs in imported feed. The industry hype claims that this is a solution to the rise in prices for food and feed.
Our analysis shows this is simply not true. Dropping the policy will not solve the price crisis and will open to gates to widespread GMO contamination. We urge campaigners to take action before 14 July to protect the policy NOW.
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Who benefits from GM crops?
New report shows increase in pesticide use
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A new report shows how GM crops have led to a rise in the use of pesticides worldwide. They have failed to address hunger and poverty including for farmers in developing countries. Yet the biotech industry has promoted GM crops as solutions to these issues. Friends of the Earth's assessment of GM crops shows there is little evidence to support the industry's claims
Download:
The executive summary of the report
The full report
Questions and Answers about the report
(January 2008)
Rising prices for animal feed
The facts behind the fiction
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The EU's stance on GMOs is not a threat to the livestock industry, contrary to claims by the industry and the European Commission. This scaremongering is an attempt to use rising
animal feed prices to weaken EU GMO policy. In fact the blind rush for agrofuels and poor weather
conditions are causing the worldwide shortages in key feed crops.
Read Friends of the Earth's new animal feed briefing for the facts behind the fiction.
Download:
GMO livestock briefing
(December 2007)
Friends of the Earth's European GMO Campaign is working to safeguard GMO-free agriculture and to ensure that European citizens have the right to choose GMO-free food. To achieve this, Friends of the Earth's national groups across Europe are working together to:
- actively lobby at EU and national level to strengthen GMO legislation;
- promote the creation of GMO free zones;
- increase public awareness and participation in decision-making about GMOs, and help ensure that consumers can exercise their right to choose about GM crops and food;
- research information and propose policy solutions.
Contact:
Helen.Holder(at)foeeurope.org
Raoul.Bhambral(at)foeeurope.org
