GreenMonkey
Apr 1st, 2006, 10:18 AM
This is really crazy. Calling GMO foods organic. You should read this full article by Pamela. She has another one talking about GMO Soy..
New Article in Nature 2.0 beta
USDA Certified Organic Is Rejected By China as Toxic
http://thegreenreport.com/nature2.0/?p=22
by Pamela Drew | Nature 2.0 beta
The Chinese Government is hardly known for defending human rights. It should come as a wake up call to Americans that a food Certified as USDA Organic isn’t permitted to enter the country of China. Why?The Heinz rice baby cereal was found to contain a Bt protein. The test results were provided by GeneScan, a Germany-based independent laboratory, which tested 19 food samples that Greenpeace had collected in the supermarkets in Beijing This GMO variety is common in American food but banned elsewhere. Thanks to Monsanto’s attorney, Michael Taylor, in 1994 our food regulations were rewritten to include the term, “substantial equivalence”. What that means is that many of the genetic modifications foods undergo are ignored, unregulated and untested.
Under US food laws, the new genetically modified “food” is treated like a traditional food, if the nutritional measures are close to the same. Close enough is the US policy, but not so for the rest of the world. Beijing will not allows Bt rice into the country. China views the Bt toxicity rendering it unfit for animals to consume, yet it’s certified USDA Organic. What the Bt’s going on?
New Article in Nature 2.0 beta
USDA Certified Organic Is Rejected By China as Toxic
http://thegreenreport.com/nature2.0/?p=22
by Pamela Drew | Nature 2.0 beta
The Chinese Government is hardly known for defending human rights. It should come as a wake up call to Americans that a food Certified as USDA Organic isn’t permitted to enter the country of China. Why?The Heinz rice baby cereal was found to contain a Bt protein. The test results were provided by GeneScan, a Germany-based independent laboratory, which tested 19 food samples that Greenpeace had collected in the supermarkets in Beijing This GMO variety is common in American food but banned elsewhere. Thanks to Monsanto’s attorney, Michael Taylor, in 1994 our food regulations were rewritten to include the term, “substantial equivalence”. What that means is that many of the genetic modifications foods undergo are ignored, unregulated and untested.
Under US food laws, the new genetically modified “food” is treated like a traditional food, if the nutritional measures are close to the same. Close enough is the US policy, but not so for the rest of the world. Beijing will not allows Bt rice into the country. China views the Bt toxicity rendering it unfit for animals to consume, yet it’s certified USDA Organic. What the Bt’s going on?