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The majority of the European public (58%) is still showing its suspicion of genetically modified foodstuffs. Europeans’ scepticism about the presence of GMOs in conventional agriculture may be taken as an endorsement of organic farming.
It is essential, then, that the European Union should encourage organic farming in response to growing consumer demand, for it also represents a move towards the drastic reform of the CAP in the direction of truly sustainable development.
What Mrs Aubert’s report reminds us is that, if organic products are to be promoted, certain rules of common sense must prevail. For a start, there must be opposition to the Commission’s proposal for a regulation the same level of accidental contamination – 0.9% – would be laid down as applicable to the different sectors.
Then, and as a contrary measure – one demanded by the organic sector and already put in place by numerous European states and regions – the level for the accidental presence of GMOs must be set as low as possible, that is to say at 0.1%, that being the point at which their scientific detection becomes possible.
Finally, the ‘polluter pays’ principle must be applied, since it is out of the question that organic farmers should be made to foot the bill for the risks involved in the coexistence of the two forms of agriculture."@en1
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