GMW: US and BIO in Codex contamination scam

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GMW: US and BIO in Codex contamination scam

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Tue, 5 Dec 2006 14:43:33 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

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COMMENT FROM DR MICHAEL ANTONIOU: This is a scam! The US and BIO are

clearly trying to cover up for the increasing amount of GM contamination

of natural commodities that is taking place, especially by unapproved

lines, since this makes shipments entering Europe that are contaminated

with these unapproved GM products illegal. It is quite obvious that

this is NOT the science-based food safety assessment that it is

claimed to

be but something for purely political and commercial convenience. [Dr

Antoniou is Reader in Medical and Molecular Genetics at King's College

London, and an expert on GM foods]

 

EXTRACT: BIO... thanks the U.S. government for successfully advocating

adoption of this project by the Codex.

 

" Over the last several years, BIO and its members have continually

urged Codex to implement a science-based policy that governs

incidental or

trace amounts -- or so-called 'adventitious presence' -- of

biotechnology-enhanced events in food and feed. "

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BIO Welcomes Codex Alimentarius Project to Develop Adventitious

Presence Policy

PRESS RELEASE

Biotechnology Industry Organization, December 4 2006

http://www.monsanto.co.uk/news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=10935

 

Codex Agrees to U.S. Government Proposal to Develop a Food Safety Risk

Assessment Process on Low-Level Presence of rDNA Material

 

WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology Industry Organization President and CEO Jim

Greenwood today issued the following statement on the adoption by the

Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Food Derived from

Biotechnology, in Chiba, Japan, of a U.S. government proposal to

develop a food

safety risk assessment process for adventitious presence:

 

" Today, the Codex Alimentarius Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on

Food Derived from Biotechnology agreed to accept the U.S. government's

proposal on Low-Level Presence of Recombinant-DNA Material. The task

force has formed a working group, which will be chaired by the United

States, Germany and Thailand, to draft an annex to the Codex Plant

Guideline addressing the elements of a safety assessment for low-level

presence

of rDNA material in food, and identifying information-sharing

mechanisms to facilitate utilization of the Annex and the data

necessary to

conduct an assessment of food safety by an importing country. BIO and its

members applaud the Codex's commitment to ensuring food safety for

consumers, farmers, food processors, and grain handlers. BIO also

thanks the

U.S. government for successfully advocating adoption of this project by

the Codex.

 

" Over the last several years, BIO and its members have continually

urged Codex to implement a science-based policy that governs

incidental or

trace amounts -- or so-called 'adventitious presence' -- of

biotechnology-enhanced events in food and feed. This intergovernmental

task

force's safety assessment will complement the policies on adventitious

presence adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September

2006 and by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June 2006.

 

" The EPA and FDA food safety evaluations recognize that adventitious

presence is a safe and natural part of plant biology, seed production,

and the distribution of commodity crops. They have served as a crucial

step toward development of comprehensive international science-based

systems that regulate modern agricultural products. This is especially

important in today's global trading arena as more than 8.5 million

farmers

are growing biotech crops in 21 countries. "

 

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic

institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations

across

the United States and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the

research and development of healthcare, agricultural, industrial and

environmental biotechnology products.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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