The EU now wants to allow the “pollution” of organic food (see video above). The point of contention between conservationists and Brussels is again the so-called new genetic engineering, where ‘scissors’ are used to directly intervene in the DNA of the plant in the laboratory.
“Grain” of the current impulse: if the European Commission has its way, the majority of plants on which this dubious manipulation method is used would no longer have to be risk tested. The labeling of such interventions on food packaging should also be removed. The responsible rapporteur in the EU Parliament, Jessica Polfjärd (EPP), goes even further in her draft: she wants to lift the ban on new genetic manipulation in organic farming – against the wishes of the organic farmers’ associations!
“That would mean that this stuff could end up unlabeled in organic food and therefore on our plates. The Swede’s move is completely unacceptable!”, rages Brigitte Reisenberger, GLOBAL 2000 expert on genetic engineering.
“Claim of fair competition”
“If the genetic engineering lobby has its way with this proposal, the Austrian delicatessen will be over. Contaminating natural products in such a way under the guise of fair competition conditions is a scandal,” warns SPÖ-EU mandate Günther Sidl.
What makes him angry: “Consumers consciously pay more for sustainably produced food and still have genetic manipulation on their plate.” This has nothing to do with honesty. This is nothing but another trick for the billion-dollar agricultural companies – at the expense of ‘clean’ local agriculture and also of their customers. Sidl calls on all parliamentarians in Brussels to oppose in light of the ongoing negotiations (next on November 7).
Source: Krone
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