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well what other shall we see from Mr new President??
For the moment we are facing the ban of free agricultural activity..am i saying it right?
This gonna be the end of   free activities that human beings can do...
And what is the reason? a fake  one...People are safe when a BIG industry prepare their food. THATS A HUGE LIE. People are safe when they are free to choose whether they be feed by this or the other type of food..Furthermore people are free when they dont eat garbage like those that many industries trying to feed them.
Genetically modified products are dangerous for our health....and may i ask what is the purpose of using them when we can have the authentic? BECAUSE some industries MUST earn much more than they earn now...BECAUSE biological planting has many losses, that food industry cant afford, because it loosing MONEY...THATS WHY is using genetically modified  products.
Those who are using their brain to think.... they dont EAT GENETICALLY MODIFIED PRODUCTS.
   

Really it sounds like something submitted by He Who Must Not Be Named

We had a thread recently about international food standards http://www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=41025

I don't think that food standards are a bad thing and I don't think they will prevent organic farming. I do think they can help ensure that when you are buying organic that it is actually organic rather than normal with "organic" printed on it. If you are paying for it then you want the real stuff. If people want to buy organic then it will always be available because someone will want to sell it. As far as I've seen organic food has been on the increase and at least here sections of government have made sure it gets labelled correctly, i see that as encouragement not trying to wipe it out.

Correct food labelling is important if not vital to me as I'm very intolerant to gluten, if I can't get information on the food then it's very hit and miss about whether I'll get sick by eating something. 

I also think food safety is a good thing. I'd like to think that my food is produced in conditions that mean it's safe for me to eat. That it doesn't contain heavy metals, that there are no excess levelsharmful bacteria on it due to poor handling at or after harvest. Sometimes people have felt this is excessive, as in the case for rocqufort (i can't spell) cheese in australia. It was banned for a period of time (non-pasteurised product) but after some work by people who wanted it back in so they could sell it to eager customers there was an exemption put in place so that it could be brought in. We have a thing here where some people want to have un-pasturised milk, that's fine if you have a nice clean udder and store it properly and drink it within an appropriate time frame. It's not allowed to be sold and I think that's a good idea, what if someone was selling some that was produced in less than ideal conditions and what if someone got sick, or a whole group of people. It's far easier for there to be a blanket ban because it preserves public health. The few people who want un-pasturised can probably arrange a sly bit from a farmer and take the risk on themselves.

Just my two or three cents. Just remember that the people who make the decisions live in the world too and there are pros and cons to every situation, and big decisions are risk assessed and involve consultation with stakeholders (government reps, community groups (local, national, or international). If you want your voice heard then maybe bring it up with your local politician and they may be able to help escalate it for you.

GSM? is that like GM with something else?

I'm not convinced one way or another on GM, however I do think that where a product is GM then it should be labelled so that people can make their own choice. Having a good food standards system could do this.