Did you hear about this? Russian President Vladamir Putin signed a GMO
Labeling Liability Law, backed by Prime Minister Medvedev who stated,
“the government will not poison their citizens.”
Good news: Russia’s President Vladamir Putin has signed the
Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences
into law, including a new article which establishes liability for the
violation of mandatory requirements for the labeling of food products
that contain GMOs.
First submitted by the Federal Service for Supervision
of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), the bill imposes
fines for vague or unclear labeling on food products containing
genetically modified ingredients.
According to the bill, individual entrepreneurs have the
potential to be fined up to 50,000 rubles ($890), and the products will
be confiscated. Business entities could face a fine of up to 150,000
rubles (over $5,300).
As stated by President Putin in 2014, Russia
must protect its citizens
from over consumption of products containing genetically modified
organisms. The Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, followed this
statement with a declaration of his own, proclaiming that Russia has no
intention to import GMOs, however there are still large quantities of
GMO foods being imported into Russia.
It seems the entire board of politicians is looking out
for its country. Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolai Fyodorov
believes that Russia must remain a GMO-free country. At a meeting of
deputies representing rural areas organized by United Russia, he said
that the government will not “poison their citizens.”
In addition, a group of senators from Russia’s
Federation Council introduced a bill last February seeking to prohibit
the distribution and import of products containing GMOs in Russia.
This is a huge ‘win’ for anti-GMO proponents across the
world. If Russia’s ministry can stand up for the health of its citizens
and tighten its labeling laws, so can – and hopefully will – other
countries.
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