04/03/21
Biotech companies are using the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork strategy to promote the latest forms of genetically modified crops and seeds, and the European Commission appears to have fallen for the spin. A recent consultation on future legislation to protect consumers and the environment from new forms of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) failed to address key questions on risk and allowed industry voices to dominate.
The result could be that GMOs are allowed into Europe without adequate protection for human health or the environment, with unlabelled GMOs on supermarket shelves. Promises made in the Farm to Fork strategy of less pesticide use and more sustainable approaches to farming would be left to wither on the vine.
