The “Ohne Gentechnik” segment of the agriculture, processing, trading and marketing industries is booming in many European countries. But products made with new genetic engineering methods pose a massive economic threat to that segment. Consistent with the European Court of Justice (ECJ)’s ruling, the “Ohne Gentechnik” business sector advocates that all products made with the new genetic engineering methods be regulated as “genetically engineered”. Germany’s VLOG and Austria’s ARGE Gentechnik-frei made this clear in the EU Commission’s stakeholder survey in the spring of 2020. A summary of our responses can be found in this document.
Appeal to the Minister of Agriculture: The industry needs strong GMO regulations!
The food industry continues to need strong, reliable regulations for labelling and coexistence for new genetic engineering (NGT). The industry addressed this message directly to the German Minister of Agriculture, Alois Rainer (CSU), at the Anuga food fair in Cologne.