Sneak attack on food labeling

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Stop the sneak attack

on food labeling.

 

 

 

 

 

Organics

at risk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your

message to the US

delegation:

I demand that the U.S. delegation to the Codex Committee

on Food Labeling follow sound science and existing U.S.

law and FDA policy. The delegation must drop its stated opposition to

Codex provisions allowing the labeling of genetically engineered food.

Further, the U.S.

delegation should generally express positions consistent with current U.S.

law and FDA policy which recognize a clear 'difference' between

genetically engineered foods and other foods.

 

 

 

 

 

If

the U.S.

government has its way, a powerful intergovernmental group you've

probably never heard of may soon prevent anyone anywhere from labeling

genetically modified (GMO) food.

Operated

by the United Nations, the Codex Alimentarius is a collection of

guidelines, codes and recommendations regarding food safety and

labeling standards used by the World Trade Organization (WTO) to settle

international disputes regarding food and agricultural export

agreements.

The

U.S. Delegation to the Codex meeting is adopting a position that would

make it virtually impossible to label foods as "GMO-free" anywhere in

the world. Click here to automatically sign our petition asking them to

change their stance.

According

to draft language circulated by the FDA, the U.S.

will oppose a proposal at an upcoming meeting of an important Codex

committee that would allow the labeling of genetically engineered food.

Consumers Union and more than 80 family farm, public health,

environmental and organic food organizations have raised concerns that

the U.S.

position will create major problems for American producers who want to

label their products as "GMO-free."

Unfortunately,

rather than taking a proactive stance on GMO labeling and standing up

for the rights of American citizens, the Obama administration has

incorporated pre-existing Bush administration positions stating that

Codex should not "suggest or imply that GM/GE foods are in any way

different from other foods."

Leading

national food policy experts believe this position directly contradicts

USDA Organic standards, which prohibit the use of genetically

engineered products. If adopted, the Obama administration's proposal

might weaken organic standards and could also lead to further genetic

contamination of U.S.

organic crops — the fastest growing and most profitable segment of

agriculture today.

Even

worse, the current U.S.

draft position paper declares that mandatory labeling laws such as they

have in Europe are "false, misleading

or deceptive." If the U.S.

succeeds in writing these proposals into the Codex, any attempts here

in the U.S.

to label foods as genetically engineered, whether voluntary or by law,

would become far more difficult.

This

extreme position on genetically engineered food is unacceptable.

Countries should be allowed to make their own decisions on the labeling

of GMOs. Click here to automatically sign our petition.

Thank

you for working to make a better world.

Adam

Klaus, Campaign Manager

CREDO

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