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Posted on 12th January 2021 |
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I wrote in June 2020 (here) about the risks of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) crops that the US is trying to foist on the world. Brexit has only just fully come into effect, freeing the UK from EU food safety regulations, but already the British government is getting ready to change the UK regulations to allow the growing in Britain, and the import from the US, of such crops, as reported here by the BBC. It didn't take them long! I am sure that the Trump administration applied their habitual blackmail to speed the deregulation process. I am very glad that I live in the EU, and continue to be protected by their comprehensive food safety rules. If you live in the UK, your best hope is that the new regulations there will at least insist that GMO products are clearly labeled as such, so that you can at least make your own choice (although I suspect that they will not, again due to pressure from the US). | |