Tuesday, April 02, 2013

Passing the buck



“Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food.... Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA’s job” — Phil Angell, Director of Corporate Communications, Monsanto.



"Ultimately, it is the food producer who is responsible for assuring safety.” — FDA, “Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties”

From here

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should not trust reactionary technophobic movements that spread desinformation. That is the case of anti-gmo movements and ecologists in general. They disdain science and have a maniqueist and conspiranoid worldview.
Read this: http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2013/04/01/monsanto-protection-act-separating-the-facts-from-the-fury/
Antonio Oliveira

ajohnstone said...

The SPGB has not adopted a position of opposing GMO per se but we are only too aware of the disinformation put out by vested interests. One of the major transgressors in this area is businesses endeavouring to protect their profits, their markets and their intellectual ownership by manipulating the political and legal process.