MEDIA ADVISORY
Friends of the Earth International
November 23, 2004
US sets out plan to allow contamination of the world's food supply with experimental GM crops
WASHINGTON, DC (US) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), November 23, 2004 A new proposal to allow contamination of human food crops with biotech or genetically modified (GM) experimental crops grown on "test" sites will be published tomorrow (Wednesday) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Juan Lopez from Friends of the Earth International said: "The Bush Administration, with the active support of the biotechnology industry, is about to force their untested genetically modified experiments into the world's food supply. This proposal should be ringing alarm bells in every consumer, every food company and every food agency of the planet."
Adrian Bebb of Friends of the Earth Europe added: "Because of the secrecy behind experiments in the United States, no one not food companies, not even governments will be able to test food products or food imports for contamination because they won't know what to test for. This will leave consumers worldwide exposed to new risks from genetically modified foods."
Juan Lopez from Friends of the Earth International said: "The Bush Administration, with the active support of the biotechnology industry, is about to force their untested genetically modified experiments into the world's food supply. This proposal should be ringing alarm bells in every consumer, every food company and every food agency of the planet."
Adrian Bebb of Friends of the Earth Europe added: "Because of the secrecy behind experiments in the United States, no one not food companies, not even governments will be able to test food products or food imports for contamination because they won't know what to test for. This will leave consumers worldwide exposed to new risks from genetically modified foods."
Etiquetas: Biotech
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