The EU is on the verge of
handing a huge win to GMO (genetically modified organisms) giants
like Bayer – by scrapping the rules that require genetically
modified foods to be clearly labelled, tested and tracked. No labels
means no way to choose what ends up on our plates, on our fields and
supermarket shelves.
If this goes through, people will
lose their right to know what they are eating and what they are
feeding their families.
The EU has long been a global
leader on food safety. If it caves now, it could set a dangerous
precedent, one that opens the floodgates for hidden GMOs across the
world, and even greater corporate control of our
food.
But we still have time. In the next months, the
European Parliament will enter final negotiations with EU
governments – and they’re pushing to keep GMO labelling and safety
checks. Let’s show EU decision-makers that people around the
world are watching, and we won’t allow corporate giants to
force-feed people genetically modified foods if they don’t want
to.
Tell EU leaders: Protect GMO
Labelling.
GMO giants like Bayer and Syngenta
have been lobbying hard to make this happen. They call
these GMOs New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), and say they’ll do wonders
for farmers. But the truth is that agrichemical corporations
hold patents on NGT technologies and the resulting genetically
edited seeds. Those patents give corporations rights over seeds,
allowing them to control who can use them and under what terms –
like licensing fees or restrictions on seed
saving.
Labelling GMOs products is about
protecting our health, our environment, and our right to choose.
Without clear labels, farmers could plant GMOs unknowingly, shops
could sell them unknowingly, and we could all end up eating them
without a clue. And it hands power to biotech corporations,
giving them a free pass to flood our food system, all in the name of
profit.
But together we can stop it. If we build a massive
wave of public resistance right now, EU governments will be forced
to listen, and pick people and food safety over GMO
lobbyists.
Tell EU leaders: Protect GMO labelling, defend the
right to safe, transparent food.
Challenging big
businesses and industries is Ekō’s bread and butter – together,
we’ve stopped pesticides poisoning European crops. Today, we can
demand safe and transparent foods in the EU! Are you
in?
