GMO!FREE!! IS!POSSIBLE!!!€¦ · GMO,"many"problems…" • Contaminationissue" •...
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GMO FREE
IS POSSIBLE ! © Maurice Losch / FLOG a.s.b.l.
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Speaker information J
• Geographer
• GMO and agriculture campaigner Greenpeace Luxembourg
(& Greenpeace Belgium), 2008 – 2013
• Coordinator GMO free NGO coalition in Luxembourg, 2008-‐2013
• Secretary «Federatioun Liewesmëttel ouni Gentechnik / FLOG » (GMO free food and feed federation in Luxembourg), since 2013
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GMO, many problems…
• Contamination issue
• Long term effects and studies (environment, health)
• Pesticide issue
• Socio-‐economic issue
• TTIP, authorization issue
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Luxembourg, general GMO free dynamic…
• GMO free NGO coalition, 2007-‐2013
• GMO free municipalities campaign, 2008-‐2011
• First GMO free statements in governmental program, 2009
• Ban on “MON810” cultivation, 2009
• Ban on “Amflora” cultivation, 2010 (& legal steps)
• First steps GMO free labeling, 2011 …
• Clear GMO free statements in governmental program, 2013
• Bans on “MON810”, “1507”, “Bt11”, “GA21” cultivation, 2015
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GMO free labeling: feed
• Small country ! small market ! many borders !
• First feed producer “RWG” changed to GMO free, 2012
(stopped in 2013/2014, not linked to GMO free decision)
• Second feed producer “Piet van Luijk” changed to GMO free, 2012
• www.vanluijk.lu
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GMO free labeling: label and legal
• Start work on labeling-‐legal-‐framework, 2011
• GMO free label and criteria agreed with government, 2012
• FLOG (GMO free food and feed federation in Luxembourg), 2013
• Government decided labeling-‐legal-‐framework, 2013
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GMO free labeling: eggs
• “Ferme MATHAY”
• www.fermemathay.lu
• Largest egg producer in Luxembourg
• GMO free eggs, 2012
• Products in all
big retailers of
Luxembourg
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GMO free labeling: milk
• “Molkerei THIRY”
• www.molkerei-‐thiry.lu
• Milk producer with own dairy factory
• GMO free milk, 2013
• Present in some retailers
and many municipal
school restaurants
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GMO free labeling: challenges
• Costs GMO free certification for smaller farmers
• Combined productions: farms with milk & meat
• 2016 … legal-‐frame-‐work has not reached the end of administrative procedure
(at the moment labeling according European / German standards)
• European GMO issues and border issues (situation small country)
• New projects: … GMO free meat is coming…
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Thanks J