Re: Urgent Codex message from Dr. John Fagan

Douglas Hinds (dmhinds@acnet.net)
Thu, 21 May 1998 00:50:34 -0500

"Easier" is not the issue. The issue is the right to inform and be informed,
regarding specific information that is truthful and pertinent (although the
degree of relevance will vary with the interest held by the receiving party
regarding that particular piece of information).

DH

Wilson, Dale wrote:

> Dan,
>
> So many things are engineered in so many different ways (pesticides,
> growth regulators, traditional breeding, transgenics, mutation breeding,
> wide crosses, etc) wouldn't it be easier to just label the
> non-engineered items "certified organic" than to label every aspect of
> every technology that went into the food? All those new technologies
> (except traditional breeding) are carefully screened for safety by
> government agencies. If people want organic specialty foods, they can
> most easily identify them by some "organic" labeling scheme.
>
> Dale
>
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