Crashing Through the Back Door -
GE Crops in Animal Feed

Most of the European retailers and food producers have chosen not to use genetically engineered (GE) crops in their products. But that has not stopped the flood of GE crops to Europe. Thousands of tonnes of GE-crops are imported to Europe to be used in animal feed, mainly from the US.

Pork, beef and poultry (chicken and turkey) we buy in supermarkets could have been fed with GE feed but there is no way to find out. Since there are still no labelling regulations for animal fodder in the European Union, it is impossible for farmers to avoid animal feed containing GE-ingredients.

Further reading:

December 11, 2000: Large soya importer, Central Soya, says it will convert to GE-free production.
December 11, 2000: Greenpeace stops unloading of GE soya shipment from US.
December 3, 2000: Greenpeace protests against GE soya shipment entering Europe.

• GE animal feed is sneaking into the feed chain
• Warning signs: Potential Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Organisms in Animal Feed
• The True Cost of Food (adobe pdf)
• Animal production and feed by species (adobe pdf)
  
• European Animal Feed Industry
• GE-crops in European Animal Feed
• 02/12/99: Greenpeace blocks Gargill's GMO facility in France
• 08/12/99: Freighter blocked in Hamburg barbour
• 13/12/99: Europe says no to GE-soybeans imported from USA
• Greenpeace UK: Help stop the genetic modification in animal feed
  

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