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New Zealand’s free trade deal with China, our biggest market, has seen increased investment in New Zealand, because of assurance of quality and GE-Free status. A Nielsen survey has shown that 70% of Chinese consumers avoid GMOs in foods and actively seek to buy GE-free products.
Responding to USA consumer demand, Fonterra has also launched products specifying their GE-free status. The GMO debate will surely continue. Being a logical, evidence-based method, science is well positioned to challenge entrenched ideologies and, hopefully, change minds. There is now overwhelming scientific evidence (totalling hundreds of peer-reviewed papers) to support the safety of GM technology. The sentences below were published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. "The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change, caused by human activities, is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society." "The science is quite clear: crop improvement by modern molecular-biotechnology techniques is safe." GM is a thought provoking and controversial subject that will, no doubt, continue to have a huge impact on the future of the food manufacturing sector. Comments are closed.
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October 2017
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