Greenpeace tragets genetically engineered food in China
By China CSR Watch (www.csrcsr.com)
In June 2007, Greenpeace announced that its research has found GE food produced by Japanese food producer Glico and German retail chain Metro. The environmental group criticized the two companies for having a double-standard policy, and demanded them to adopt a non-GE policy in China. Both companies adopt a non-GE policy in their own countries. Glico publicly announced its global non-GE policy the next day.
This was not the first time for Greenpeace to target multinational companies in China on GE double standard charges.
In 2003, Greenpeace accused Nestle of GE violation and consumer sued Nestle subsequently. In 2005, Greenpeace’s publicity campaign on Kraft Food’s GE products in China has pushed Kraft to adopt a non-GE policy in mainland China starting from January 2007.
However, most processed food products are not required to label their GE ingredients under the current Chinese regulation.
Sources:
Green Peace: http://www.greenpeace.org/china/en/press/release/gp-found-gefood
National Business Today: http://finance.sina.com.cn/xiaofei/puguangtai/20050316/01531432293.shtml
Sina.com: http://finance.sina.com.cn/focus/wqzjy/index.shtml
Biosino.org: http://www.biosino.org/law/law59.htm
On August 11th 2007, Greenpeace published a report on genetically engineered (GE) food in China in which it listed 139 international and domestic companies that promised a non-GE policy.
Source:
http://www.greenpeace.org/china/zh/campaigns/food-and-agriculture/ge-food/food-safety/foodguide