{"id":23828,"date":"2018-08-10T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=23828"},"modified":"2018-08-30T12:43:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:43:53","slug":"european-commission-authorizes-five-gm-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2018\/08\/european-commission-authorizes-five-gm-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"European Commission Authorizes Five GM Crops"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Europe\u2019s executive body, the so-called \u2018European Commission\u2019, has authorized five GM crops for use in food and feed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>COMMENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Along with the vast majority of other citizens around the world, the people of Europe have repeatedly shown that they reject GM crops. In a Europe-wide\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/public_opinion\/archives\/ebs\/ebs_341_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion poll<\/a>\u00a0carried out in 2010, for example, almost 60 percent of people said they believed GM food isn\u2019t safe.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion polls at national level in Europe have produced similar results, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2013\/jan\/09\/consumers-gm-food-labelling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a> published in 2013 by the UK\u2019s Food Standards Agency finding that two-thirds of the British public think it important that GM ingredients in food are labeled. A <a href=\"https:\/\/infomg.ro\/storage\/Photos\/Press%20release%20opinion%20poll%20GMO%20Romania.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">national opinion poll<\/a> in Romania in 2010 uncovered even stronger opposition, with more than 80 percent of people surveyed wanting a ban on GM foods.<\/p>\n<p>Despite oft-heard claims to the contrary, the fact is that GM foods are not the solution to world hunger. Illustrating this, even the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/state-of-food-security-nutrition\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admits<\/a> there is already more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The truth about GM foods is sobering. In short, through enabling the patenting and control of the global food supply, they exist solely as a means for their manufacturers to make larger profits. In this sense, the GM industry\u2019s business model closely resembles that of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2017\/08\/the-laws-of-the-pharmaceutical-industry\/\">pharmaceutical industry<\/a>, whose patents on synthetic drugs rake in over \u20ac1 trillion a year and enable it to control the practice of medicine. To both of these industries, the health interests of ordinary people come a very poor second to the financial interests of investors.<\/p>\n<a class=\"button  button_size_2 button_js\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodnavigator.com\/Article\/2018\/08\/03\/Commission-authorises-five-GM-ingredients\" target=\"_blank\"    ><span class=\"button_label\">Read article at foodnavigator.com<\/span><\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS Europe\u2019s executive body, the so-called \u2018European Commission\u2019, has authorized five GM crops for use in food and feed. 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