Greenpeace launches True Food Guide


Australia's leading food expert, Margaret Fulton, has launched a new publication designed to give Australian shoppers control over their food.

The True Food Guide reveals which food companies may be using genetically engineered (GE) ingredients in their products and which are not.

Greenpeace released new market research today, which shows that 68% of Australians would be less likely to buy a food if they knew it was genetically engineered.

"It is clear that most Australians don't want to eat GE foods, but they've had no way of knowing how to avoid them," said Greenpeace GE campaigner John Hepburn. "The True Food Guide will empower shoppers to say no to genetically engineered foods."

Launching the True Food Guide Margaret Fulton said, "Genetically engineered food threatens everything I stand for. There is enough evidence to tell us that genetically engineered food is not a good idea. The True Food Guide will be our reference to what is safe to eat - not only for us, but for our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren".



Margaret Fulton with the True Food Guide
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The pocket-size True Food Guide rates food companies according to their policies on using genetically engineered ingredients.

Over 170 food companies and 400 products are classified in three categories:

Green: companies that have given written assurance that they are not using GE ingredients anywhere in the food chain.

Orange: companies that are committed to removing GE ingredients and are in the process of doing so.

Red: companies that have no policy to remove GE derived ingredients, including those from animals fed GE feed, and companies that did not respond adequately to our enquiries.

Half a million free True Food Guides will be distributed nationally, beginning with the Good Food Shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Copies of the guide are available from Greenpeace by calling 1800 815 151 or from GeneEthics network on 1300 133 868. Copies can also be downloaded from www.greenpeace.org.au/truefood.

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Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments Concerning Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

Signed by 462 scientists from 57 different countries.

* The scientists are extremely concerned about the hazards of GMOs to biodiversity, food safety, human and animal health, and demand a moratorium on environmental releases in accordance with the precautionary principle.
* They are opposed to GM crops that intensify corporate monopoly, exacerbate inequality and prevent the essential shift to sustainable agriculture that can provide food security and health around the world.
* They demand a ban on patents of life-forms and living processes which threaten food security, sanction biopiracy of indigenous knowledge and genetic resources and violate basic human rights and dignity.
* They demand more support on research and development of non-corporate, sustainable agriculture that can benefit family farmers all over the world.

This letter has been submitted to many governments and international forums including:
* World Trade Organization Conference in Seattle (November 30 Ð Dec. 2, 1999)
* UN Biosafety Protocol Meeting in Montreal (24 Ð 28, Jan. 2000)
* UN Commission on Sustainable Development Conference on Sustainable Agriculture in New York (April 24-May 5, 2000)
* UN Convention on Biological Diversity Conference in Nairobi (May 16-24, 2000)
* United States Congress (29 June, 2000)
* US National Academy of Science (16 April, 2001)

Source: http://www.i-sis.org/

 
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