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Article: FSA acting against the public interest. (Readers' letters: the issues that matter, from the people involved).(EU proposals on bioengineered food)(Government Activity)(International Pages)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
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- October 5, 2002
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SIR; The Food Standards Agency's rejection of EU proposals to require the labelling of GM derivatives on food products is nonsensical.
If the FSA applied the same logic in other fields, it would mean, for instance, that they would be unable to accept the legitimacy of farm assured or organic foods that require a thorough audit and cannot be verified through analysis.
It is clear that in giving this advice to the government, the agency is acting ...