Genetically Modified Organisms In Animal Feed

EDM number 330 in 1998-99, proposed by Alan Simpson on 16/02/1999.

That this House notes with deep concern that a substantial percentage of the United States of America crop of soya beans is now genetically-modified; further notes that these beans are harvested, processed and shipped across the Atlantic as a bulk commodity with the result that virtually all deliveries of such soya beans to the European market are contaminated with high levels of GMO soya beans; observes with alarm that one of the largest single uses of such soya beans is in animal feedstuffs, with the result that a significant percentage of all meat on retail sale in the United Kingdom has been reared in whole or in part on GMO contaminated feed; and, in learning from the BSE crisis the lessons of the dangers of animal feed contamination, (a) calls upon Her Majesty's Government immediately to introduce a moratorium on the use of such GMO contaminated beans in the rearing of all meat for sale in the United Kingdom and (b) demands that retailers immediately introduce a system of labelling for all fresh and processed meat products, indicating clearly to consumers whether GMO contaminated feeds have been used in rearing that meat.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.