|
|
De:
Luiz Meira <luizmeira@aleph.com.br>
Data: Qui Fev 3, 2000 10:02
am
Assunto: [gen-ocidio] 13% de mistura de sojaGM com naoGM no Brasil, neste verao.
|
>
> ------------------
>
> December 28, 1999
>
> Brazil's Farmers Dispute Ban on Genetically Modified Food
>
> By STEVE STECKLOW and MATT MOFFETT
>
> Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
>
> JULIO DE CASTILHOS, Brazil -- Along Brazil's remote southern border
> with Argentina, a battle over contraband is raging...
>
> In one of the strangest twists in the dispute over genetically
> modified food, the government of a Brazilian state has gone to war
> with its farmers over their use of soybeans altered to permit use of a
> certain herbicide. And while the dispute is rooted in local politics,
> it touches on international business: the efforts by multinational
> food companies to meet demand, especially in Europe, for food free of
> "GM" ingredients.
>
> That's because unlike the U.S. and Argentina - the two other top
> soybean producers - Brazil hasn't yet approved the planting of
> bioengineered beans, and thus has emerged as the world's premier
> source of the regular kind. So food companies, which use soybean oil
> or soybean meal in everything from chocolate to tofu, have been
> turning to Brazil's beans for their non-GM product lines.
>
> Favored Fowl
>
> Indeed, European supermarkets cite their use of Brazilian soybeans as
> evidence that their product lines are "non-GM." One British chain,
> Iceland Group, even says it imports its frozen chickens all the way
> from Brazil because there they can peck at feed made of conventional
> soybean meal.
>
> But a visit to the big soybean-growing state of Rio Grande do Sul
> suggests that Brazil's soybean supply isn't quite as claimed by
> marketers. Many farmers here openly plant genetically modified
> soybeans, with or without federal sanction.
>
> The European Union, which requires labeling of GM foods, plans a limit
> of just 1% bioengineered residue in any ingredient for foods to avoid
> the label. But agriculture officials in this Brazilian state estimate
> that 13% of its 7.5 million acres of soybean fields are growing a
> genetically modified crop this season. Farmers put the percentage
> higher still, and they note that these GM soybeans are routinely mixed
> with conventional soybeans before shipment abroad...
>
>
> ------------------
>
> 05:50 a.m. Dec 21, 1999 Eastern
>
> S.Africa's Woolworths Bans GM Foods
>
> CAPE TOWN, Dec 21 (Reuters) - South African retail chain Woolworths
> said on Tuesday it had decided to remove all known genetically
> modified (GM) foods from its shelves until they were proven safe...
>
> Woolworths, which is associated with leading British retail chain
> Marks and Spencer which has already announced a similar move, said
> consumers were buying genetically modified food unawares and were
> being used as guinea pigs...
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
>
> ------------------
>
> Nisshin to End Use of GM Crops for Home Products
>
> TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nisshin Flour Milling Co Ltd , Japan's
> largest flour miller, said yesterday it will stop using ingredients
> produced from genetically modified (GM) corn and soybeans in its flour
> products for home use by the end of next February.
>
> The company plans to use wheat starch as an alternative for corn
> starch and replace soybean protein with wheat protein due to consumer
> concerns about the safety of bioengineered food products, a company
> spokesman said.
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
>
> ------------------
>
> Kibun Food to Stop Using GM Ingredients in Soymilk
>
> TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Kibun Food Chemifa Co Ltd, Japan's largest
> soybean milk maker, said yesterday it will stop using ingredients
> derived from genetically-modified (GM) corn in its soybean milk
> products by March next year.
>
> The company plans to use rice bran oil as an substitute for corn oil
> and replace high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) with sugar, in an attempt
> to wipe out consumer doubts about the safety of foods containing GMOs,
> a Kibun official said. As for soybeans, all the crops Kibun uses to
> make soymilk are imports from China that are grown from non-GM seed
> varieties, the official said.
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
>
> ------------------
>
> 02:37 p.m Dec 17, 1999 Eastern
>
> Italian Government Temporarily Suspends Seven GE Food Products
>
> ROME, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Italian government has temporarily
> suspended the use of seven genetically-modified food products, a
> Health Ministry statement said on Friday. "Following opinions from the
> Italian Health Institute and the Health Council, the Health Ministry
> will take a precautionary step, in conformity with EU regulations, to
> suspend temporarily the use of the substances," it said. According to
> the opinion of the Health Council, made available to Reuters, the
> seven GM products are maize Bt11, maize Mon 810, rapeseed oil Gt73,
> rapeseed oil MS1 RS1, rapeseed oil RF2 MS1, maize Mon 809 and maize
> T25. The Health Ministry statement said the suspension followed
> complaints by environmental groups over allegedly irregular sales
> procedure, but the ministry gave no details and did not say how long
> the suspension could last. The Health Council said it was not possible
> to guarantee that genetic alteration of foods was safe.
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
>
> ------------------
>
> 12:53 p.m. Dec 28, 1999 Eastern
>
> Portugal Halts Production of Two GMO Maize Strains
>
> LISBON, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Portugal's agriculture ministry on Tuesday
> suspended until further notice the production of the two genetically
> modified (GMO) strains of maize registered for domestic planting.
> Portuguese authorities had approved cultivation of the two strains,
> called Elgina and Compa Cb, in February, but reconsidered their
> decision due to widespread concern over the possible effects of
> widespread cultivation of GMOs. "The decision now taken, which does
> not jeopardise any future revaluation of the situation in the light of
> new discoveries about the real impacts on our agri-environmental
> system, stems from new concerns that have meanwhile arisen," a
> ministry statement said. The statement noted that GMOs accounted for
> just 0.5 percent of maize planted in Portugal, equivalent to an area
> of 1,300 hectares (3,250 acres).
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
>
> ------------------
>
> Portugal Green Groups Urge Wider Gene Maize Ban
>
> 06:51 a.m. Dec 29, 1999 Eastern
>
> LISBON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Portuguese environmental groups on
> Wednesday hailed a government move to halt production of two
> genetically modified (GM) strains of maize and called for 15 other
> strains on trial to be denied official approval. The agriculture
> ministry on Tuesday suspended approval of the Elgina and Compa Cb
> strains due to concern over the possible long-term impact of extensive
> cultivation. "This is a courageous measure," a joint statement by
> eight environmental groups said. "This measure equally implies the
> suspension of 15 pending new authorisations of GMO maize. "Organic
> agriculture will also be spared the inevitable contamination entailed
> by cross-pollination with GMO maize," the statement added...
>
> Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited.
|
|
= Proprietário
= Moderador
= Online