EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloş says he strongly favours traditional agriculture that produces quality food, diverse diets and natural biodiversity, requirements which genetically-modified crops cannot satisfy.
In an interview published early this morning in Romanian daily Adevĕrul, Commissioner Cioloş slammed genetically modified food products, which he said did not meet the quality or diversity criteria that he as a consumer would opt for.
Cioloş stressed that his opinion was personal and recalled that within the European Commission, the person in charge of GMO dossiers was his colleague John Dalli, the commissioner responsible for health and consumer protection.
The EU farm chief insisted that European agriculture cannot be based on cheap products whatever the cost, citing the risk of mounting consumer distrust. The bloc's policy on GM crops should not affect the confidence that European and worldwide consumers have in European food products, he said.
NOTE: It's becoming increasingly IMPOSSIBLE to get Non GMO foods. Remember anything with any soy or corn, unless specified as organic stands a 90%+ chance of being GMO.
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