Yepp I agree with you Kaltia, they are nuts! LOL! Could this ban have something to do with those steel tolls? I´m not sure I understand this paragraph
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Even so, the conflict will resurface soon. Mr. Zoellick has said he believes that genetically modified food could help alleviate hunger — as well as open markets for American farmers — and wants the European opposition to be confronted so that developing nations accept food from genetically modified crops.
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I wasn´t aware of any famine in Europe. And I definitely don´t see how Europe can close markets for American farmers. Surely they have the right to trade with whoever they wish without any European consent. Or?
Just label the darn things and get over it already! How expensive can it be to print a few houndred thuosand labels saying "GMO"? Especially considering the billions it took to develop the crop.
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They are demanding labels that identify which food has been genetically modified and has passed rigorous testing. The agricultural establishment in the United States is just as strongly opposed, saying that once the food has passed tests there is no need to distinguish it with label that could be seen as a warning.
"That implies that there is something wrong with genetically modified food," said Elsa Murano, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for food safety. "It would be another kind of trade barrier.
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Yepp and those US tests are held in such high regard in other countries.
And of course there´s something wrong with the food. It´s
genetically modified! Pumping hormones into chickens is not normal! I mean a one week old chicken weighing 5 pounds? [img]graemlins/idontagreeatall.gif[/img]
Note: I´m actually in favor of GMO. At least the tried, tested and tested once again kind. If rigorous testing shows no side effects I´ll buy the food. And imagine Africa without famine (this is the closest we´ve been). [img]smile.gif[/img]
Edit: Wellard, ROTFL! I´m not sure teh US government would fully co-operate with those Iraqi tomato inspectors.
Then France would have to use their veto. LOLOL!
[ 02-05-2003, 05:03 PM: Message edited by: WillowIX ]