Europatat and 26 other undersigned agri-food value chain partners ask EU policy makers to:
- Support the Commission and Council proposal that allows freedom of choice for breeders, farmers, supply chain operators and consumers in relation to the use of plants and food, feed and non-food products obtained by NGTs.
- Reject any further mandatory traceability and labelling requirements for conventional-like NGT products. This will ensure the consistency of the legislative proposal by clearly differentiating conventional-like NGT plants and products (Category 1) from GMOs. Acting otherwise would create unjustified costs, discriminatory, disproportionate, enforcement challenges and trade-disruptive traceability and labelling systems.
- Work towards increasing the public understanding of NGTs and their potential benefits and risks to foster an informed and engaged consumer base that supports responsible innovation.
For more see: Joint Position on Traceability and Labelling
