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Page 1: GMO!FREE!! IS!POSSIBLE!!!€¦ · GMO,"many"problems…" • Contaminationissue" • Long"term"effects"and"studies"(environment,"health)" • Pesticide"issue" • Socioeconomicissue

 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