Codex poised to adopt GM labeling guidelines

By Non GMO Project

By the close of its 39th session, the United Nations’ Codex Alimentarius Commission was poised to adopt Labeling Guidelines for GMO foods that will provide some protection from the World Trade Organization for national-scale GMO-labeling programs around the world.  The Non-GMO Project sponsored activist Phil Bereano’s participation in this session, and in so doing helped to ensure that the voices of the activist and NGO communities would be heard, in an industry-dominated debate.

(From SourceWatch: Philip Bereano, JD, is Professor of Technology and Public Policy at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He is on the roster of experts for the Cartagena Protocol, co-founder of the Council for Responsible Genetics, and currently represents the Washington Biotechnology Action Council and the 49th Parallel Biotechnology Consortium at international meetings.)

Find below Dr. Bereano’s report on the outcome of the session, with links to the relevant Codex Alimentarius documents:

After 20 years, nearly everyone still wants GM food to be labeled

By Rady Ananda

At this MSNBC poll, over 40,000 people have voted strongly in favor of labeling genetically modified foods: 96% of all respondents.

But, a review of several polls going back to 1994 reveals that the numbers have always been high — the vast majority of people have always wanted GM labels.  That biotech foods have remained unlabeled for nearly 20 years in the US reveals a deliberate and willful refusal by regulatory agencies to serve the will of the people, instead opting to abet industry profits through public deception.