By
Anthony Gucciardi via Natural News
Russia has just announced a game-changing move in the fight
against Monsanto’s GMOs, completely banning the use of genetically
modified ingredients in any and all food production.
In other words, Russia just blazed way past the issue of GMO labeling
and shut down the use of any and all GMOs that would have otherwise
entered the food supply through the creation of packaged foods (and the
cultivation of GMO crops).
“As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned,
we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions,” Deputy PM
Arkady Dvorkovich revealed during an international conference on
biotechnology.
This is a bold move by the Russian government, and it sits in unison
with the newly-ignited global debate on GMOs and the presence of
Monsanto in the food supply. It also follows the highly-
debated ruling by the World Health Organization that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based Roundup is a ‘probable carcinogen.’
But I also want to put it into perspective for you. If this
announcement were to be made in the United States, for example, it would
mean a total transformation of the food manufacturing industry. But in
Russia, the integration of GMOs is not close to the same level as in the
U.S.
We know that, in the United States, 90 plus percent of staple crops
like corn are genetically modified, along with 94 percent of soybeans
and 94 percent of cotton. A ban on GMOs in food production would
radically change the entire food supply. In Russia, however, the country
is much more poised for a GMO food revolution. [1]
As RT
reports:
“According to official statistics the share of GMO in the
Russian food industry has declined from 12 percent to just 0.01 percent
over the past 10 years, and currently there are just 57 registered food
products containing GMO in the country. The law ordering obligatory
state registration of GMO products that might contact with the
environment will come into force in mid-2017.”
President Vladimir Putin believes that he can
keep GMOs out of the country,
even while staying in compliance with the World Trade Organization’s
(WTO) commandments. In a past meeting addressing the members of the
Board of the Russian Federation Council he stated:
“We need to properly construct our work so that it is not
contrary to our obligations under the WTO. But even with this in mind,
we nevertheless have legitimate methods and instruments to protect our
own market, and above all citizens.”
Do you think we will we ever see something like this is in the United States? Let us know in the comments below.
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Additional Sources:
[1]
Center for Food Safety
