Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-07-03-Speech-3-099"
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"en.20020703.3.3-099"2
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"The Commission has presented a draft directive on the authorisation and labelling of genetically modified foodstuffs and animal feed. On more than one point, the draft text reflects the pressure exerted by the agrifood lobby. It is particularly nefarious to propose an acceptable ceiling for the presence of GMOs in products on sale, given that GMOs are banned on account of the danger they pose! As Karin Scheele emphasises in her report to Parliament, such a measure “would undermine all the European Union’s legislation on biosafety”. As for the GMOs that are already authorised, the Commission proposes a very high threshold, below which there would be no mandatory labelling to inform consumers of the presence of those GMOs. We therefore support the rapporteur’s proposal that this threshold be lowered from 1 per cent to 0.5 per cent. Similarly, we support every amendment that strengthens the directive in terms of authorisation procedure and of the public’s right to information.
These seemingly technical questions of labelling and traceability have crucial political and democratic implications, which strike a particularly sharp chord in France at a time when José Bové, head of the
has been imprisoned because of his campaign for a food-production system in which due consideration is given to the rights of producers, the health of the general public and the quality of the environment."@en1
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"Confédération Paysanne"1
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