Nineteen US food and agriculture trade associations have written to agriculture secretary Ann Veneman in order to register their criticism of the latest proposals for traceability and the labelling of GM foods within the European Commission. The EC is due to present the proposals before its meeting on 6 June.
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The letter contained four predominant criticisms of the proposals, focusing on their perceived shortcomings with regard to WTO obligations; labelling regulation; event-specific traceability; and operation, verification, enforcement and thresholds.
Signed, among others, by the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA), the Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils, the American Soybean Association and the National Food Processors Association, the letter stated that proposals “must be examined in conjunction with further legislation under discussion in the commission covering approvals and labelling of both foods and feeds.
“We view traceability, approval and labelling rules as a unified package because of their significant potential impact, individually and collectively, on food and agricultural trade and their potential implication on World Trade Organisation obligations,” added the signatories.
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