Just so you know:
Over the last 12 months a significant
number of both single ingredients and composite of papaya, rice and maize products
have been refused entry into the EU due to the presence of GM, the details of
which are available within the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF).
Papaya has
been rejected in its organic form, in its original form and as green papaya. Such
forms of papaya are used in a variety of drinks, yoghurts and dried forms,
therefore making GM papaya a risk to many food and drink manufacturers alike. Rice has
also become a high GM risk product, which is shown by the border rejections of
basmati rice, vermicelli rice, rice noodles, brown rice and white rice,
therefore affecting many companies within the food industry.
Although there are checks to alert of
cases of GM papaya, rice and maize contaminations
and border rejections, companies are still at risk for GM contamination, which
leads to wasted product. Today there are several RASFFs implicating that
countries such as Thailand, India and even the EU are producing crops with GM
contamination. There is now a trend in the industry which could potentially
have devastating effects upon the trade as a whole unless companies take prompt
action.
The issue is also gaining visibility
in the public domain particularly in the EU:
- http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Expert-warns-of-illegal-GM-Papaya-on-EU-market
- http://www.foodnavigator.com/Financial-Industry/Real-Bread-Campaign-mounts-anti-GM-wheat-pledge
- http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Food-Safety/Food-manufacturers-warned-of-GMO-rice-fraud
This GMO is correct measured by the EU labs, or.. a one-time hit ( maybe with contaminated rice from China?)
ReplyDeleteWith RASFF nr 2009.0360 unauthorised genetically modified (Bt 63 rice) rice noodles from Thai President - Thailand was found, but... the same lot back in Thailand and... The Thai Department of Agriculture said it inspected raw materials of the export lot and found no contamination.
Rice vermicelli ex Thailand by the Finnish Customs Laboratory: values for aluminium were measured 30ppm (2011.CFQ) , 67ppm (2011.AWJ ) and 180ppm (2010.CGW). Tests in Thaland gave even the detection limit of 1 ppm was not met.
In Finland, no contra expertise, no samples anymore, even the Health & Consumers Directorate-General of the EU was not informed of the final decision. For all three tests.