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Smithfield Cracks Europe by
establishing CAFOS that we know are covertly
destined for cloned and GMO hogs in the very
two countries that virtually ban GMO
planting to zero.
According to a Rollingstones Magazine
story
(opens in new
window)
Pork's dirty secret - the nations top hog
producer is also one of Americas worst
polluters expose on Smithfield's North
Carolina CAFOs, Smithfield is opening up CAFOS
in two countries in Europe, namely Romania and
Poland. Interesting
that Smithfield is establishing itself in
Romania and Poland who are committed to ZERO
GMO planting.
Smithfield, having established Confined Animal
Feeding Operations in their respective
countries with what currently appears to be
for the purpose of housing "natural" breeds
will ultimately be converting to cloned and
GMO breeds as soon as Monsanto gets approval
for its International GMO hog patents.
~Eileen
Dannemann
Romania reduces GM planting to zero and
eight other EU countries have imposed bans
Meanwhile
in Europe, Romania has announced a ban of GM
soya as of 1 January 2007, that is, a drop
to zero planting, and is therefore unlikely
to plant the 100 000 hectares listed by the
ISAAA.
Professor Gilles-Eric Seralini at Caen
University, France, explained on Radio
Romania International that, "The soybeans
grown in Romania are treated with a very
powerful pesticide named Roundup Ready,
which has a very toxic effect on human
placentas and embryos. Roundup Ready
genetically engineered soya is not approved
for growing in the EU" (Glyphosate Toxic &
Roundup Worse, SiS 26; Roundup Ready Sudden
Death, Superweeds, Allergens..., SiS 28).
The ban on GM soya coincides with Romania's
inclusion in the European Union. So far, all
GM crops grown in Romania have been
unregulated, untraceable and unlabelled. The
lack of regulation is also a serious threat
to farmers who may find their produce
restricted from entering into the EU market.
Furthermore it also hinders the potential
for organic agriculture. The proposed
decontamination of GM crops in Romania is a
process likely to take many years, and may
also become a test case of whether such
decontamination is possible.
The ISAAA has also glossed over the ban of
GM maize in Austria, and in a further seven
European countries, including Germany, that
have banned one or more GM crop.
Poland pushes for
rejection of GM
Poland's National Seeds Catalogue has
already banned genetically engineered seeds
from its collection in 2006. In the European
Parliament in January 2007, a resolution
towards the use of more GM technology was
supported by 22 MEPs, but rejected by 15
MEPs with 6 abstentions. However, the Polish
vice-Chairman of the Agricultural Committee
in the European Parliament, Janusz
Wojciechowski, announced recently that he
fully rejects the resolution and supports a
completely GM-free Europe. The ICPPC -
International Coalition to Protect the
Polish Countryside -is therefore hopeful
that there is time for more MEPs to be
informed of the facts before the
resolutions' final plenary session on 14
March 2007. (For more information and for a
letter to send to your MEP to reject the
motion, see
http://www.icppc.pl/).
Contact
Eileen Dannemann, former director, National Coalition of Organized Women
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