Genetically Modified Ingredients- GM

The Soil Association campaigns against the use of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in human and animal food and on the commercial planting of GM crops in the UK. Until there is a ban, then there must be tighter regulations governing the release of genetically engineered organisms into the environment and stringent regulations for clear and informative labelling which identifies the inclusion of all GM ingredients or derivatives in foods. The Soil Association believes that the use of GM has no place in the production of safe and healthy food. Organic farming systems have been designed to produce food with care for human health, the environment and animal welfare. The use of genetically engineered crops is not compatible with this aim. This position is shared...

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Why GM should be off the table at Copenhagen?

* GM – Genetically Modified Ingredients We’re in the middle of a big come-back tour by the GM lobby. So far, it’s not going particularly well. As a result of pressure from pro-GM interests, the UK Government has asked the Food Standards Agency to conduct an exercise to gauge public attitudes to GM. The last time the FSA carried out a similar review, a few years back, they were widely regarded as having doctored the evidence they gathered to favour GM. An independent review, set up by the FSA itself, subsequently found that they were seen to have departed from scientific objectivity when it came to GM food. The idea that anything much has changed at the FSA was quickly squashed by the debacle of their releasing the results of an ‘important’...

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