GREENPEACE EXPOSES BIOTECH INDUSTRY PR CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO GENETICALLY MANIPULATED FOOD

AMSTERDAM, 26 June 1997

Greenpeace activists from across Europe dumped a truckload of soybeans, which may contain genetically modified organisms, in front of the first congress of a new biotechnology industry association which intends to mount a multi-million dollar public relations campaign to convince consumers that their products are safe for environment and consumers .

Greenpeace activists, calling for no releases of genetically modified organisms into the environment because their ecological impact is unpredictable, also hung a banner over the main entrance saying "Stop the manipulators of nature and consumers". Greenpeace is demanding segregation of genetically modified crops from natural grains and full labelling of all food products derived from genetically modified organisms (GMO's).