Israel Rafalovich: GMO Labeling Petition
A one million-name petition was presented to the European Union Commissioner for Health Marko Kyprianou by Greenpeace, calling on the European Commission for GMO labeling on milk, meat and eggs.
The petition was collected in twenty-one states of the European Union between May 2005 and December 2006.
The stalled European constitution grants civil society the right to call for legislation. Greenpeace claims that there are "vast” loopholes in the European Union law that exempts products from labeling requirements.
Products like cooking oil and cake mix have to be labeled if the ingredients include 0.9 percent GMO's but meat, eggs and milk - do not have to be labeled.
The petition demands "mandatory labeling on animal products based on GMO's because of citizens’ rights for information which is a fundamental right in the European Union."
The NGO group says that the petition is a call for the European Union to stop letting GMO's through the back door in Europe and onto the plates of European citizens because of loopholes in the law.
At a press conference in Brussels, Mr. Kyprianou said that "Clearly, the number of signatures on this petition shows the strength of public feelings on the issue of GMO's in animal feed."
Israel Rafalovich
U.N. OBSERVER & International Report
Please also see:
1 million Europeans call for GMO labelling on milk, meat and eggs
(photo source)
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/1-million-europeans-call-for-g
Say no to genetic engineering
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering
A one million-name petition was presented to the European Union Commissioner for Health Marko Kyprianou by Greenpeace, calling on the European Commission for GMO labeling on milk, meat and eggs.
The petition was collected in twenty-one states of the European Union between May 2005 and December 2006.
The stalled European constitution grants civil society the right to call for legislation. Greenpeace claims that there are "vast” loopholes in the European Union law that exempts products from labeling requirements.
Products like cooking oil and cake mix have to be labeled if the ingredients include 0.9 percent GMO's but meat, eggs and milk - do not have to be labeled.
The petition demands "mandatory labeling on animal products based on GMO's because of citizens’ rights for information which is a fundamental right in the European Union."
The NGO group says that the petition is a call for the European Union to stop letting GMO's through the back door in Europe and onto the plates of European citizens because of loopholes in the law.
At a press conference in Brussels, Mr. Kyprianou said that "Clearly, the number of signatures on this petition shows the strength of public feelings on the issue of GMO's in animal feed."
Israel Rafalovich
U.N. OBSERVER & International Report
Please also see:
1 million Europeans call for GMO labelling on milk, meat and eggs
(photo source)
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/1-million-europeans-call-for-g
Say no to genetic engineering
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/genetic-engineering