FoE su contenuto GM dei cibi

["AlessandroGimona"<agimona@libero.it>]

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GMO CONTAMINATION ALERT!

The European Commission is proposing to allow for increased 
contamination of
our food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In particular, 
current
proposals will allow for the presence in foods of GMOs that have not 
even
been approved as safe in Europe. For example, GMOs approved in the USA,
which has far weaker safety standards, would be allowed into our foods. 
This
is totally unacceptable and weakens rules that have only this year been
agreed in Europe.

Please e-mail EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne
immediately to stop these proposals. Consumer choice and public safety 
is
being put at risk. These proposals are clearly a result of pressure 
from the
USA and the biotech industry to allow more GM products into Europe. 
Please
email your concerns NOW to david.byrne@cec.eu.int (and if possible copy
GMO-Alert@foeeurope.org)

Or you can post or fax your letter to:
Mr. David Byrne
European Commission
Rue de la Loi, 200
B-1049 Bruxelles
Fax: +32-2-2981497

Draft letter

Dear Commissioner Byrne

I am writing to object to proposals that allow for the contamination of 
my
food by genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In particular, it is 
totally
unacceptable for food to be contaminated by GMOs that have not even been
approved as safe in Europe. Consumer choice and food safety is of 
paramount
importance and these will be seriously undermined.

The European Union has recently adopted a new Deliberate Release 
Directive
after years of negotiations. These new proposals will weaken this 
before it
has even been adopted in Member States. This makes a farce of European
legislation that is intended to protect us and our environment.

Current legislation also allows for up to 1% contamination of our food 
from
EU-approved GMOs without the food having to be labelled. This too is
unacceptable. As a consumer I believe that GMO free should mean GMO 
free and
that means GMOs should not be present in our food.

I would like your assurances that you will put the safety and consumer
wishes of European citizens before the commercial interests of the 
biotech
industry or the USA.

Yours sincerely


 
 

Alessandro Gimona
agimona@libero.it