{"id":17902,"date":"2012-03-19T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=17902"},"modified":"2012-03-12T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T19:47:32","slug":"peru-passes-monumental-ten-year-ban-on-genetically-engineered-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/03\/peru-passes-monumental-ten-year-ban-on-genetically-engineered-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Peru Passes Monumental Ten Year Ban on Genetically Engineered Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 10, 2012 –<\/em> In a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations such as \u00a0Monsanto<\/a>, Bayer, and Dow, Peru has officially passed a law banning\u00a0genetically modified<\/a>\u00a0ingredients anywhere within the country for a full decade before coming up for another review. \u00a0Peru\u2019s\u00a0Plenary Session of the Congress made the decision 3 years after the decree was written despite previous governmental pushes for GM legalization due largely to the pressure from\u00a0farmers that together form the\u00a0Parque de la Papa in Cusco<\/a>, a farming community of 6,000 people that represent six communities. They worry the introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will compromise the native species of Peru, such as the giant white corn, purple corn and, of course, the famous species of Peruvian potatoes.\u00a0Anibal Huerta, President of Peru\u2019s Agrarian Commission, said the ban was needed to prevent the\u00a0\u201ddanger that can arise from the use of biotechnology.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the ban will curb the planting and importation of GMOs in the country, a test conducted by the\u00a0Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users (ASPEC) at the time of the ban\u2019s implementation found that\u00a077 percent of supermarket products tested contained GM contaminants.\u00a0\u201dResearch by ASPEC confirms something that Peruvians knew all along: GM foods are on the shelves of our markets and wineries, and consumers buy them and take them into their homes to eat without knowing it. Nobody tells us, no one says anything, which involves a clear violation of our right to information,\u201d C\u00e1ceres\u00a0\u00a0told\u00a0Gesti\u00f3n<\/a>. \u00a0GMOs are so prevalent in the Americas that it is virtually impossible to truly and completely block them, whether through pollination or being sneaked in as processed foods.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an increasing consensus among consumers that they want safe, local, organic fresh food and that they want the\u00a0environment\u00a0and wildlife to be protected,\u201d wrote Walter Pengue from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, in a recent statement concerning GMOs in\u00a0South America. \u201cSouth American countries must proceed with a broader evaluation of their original agricultural policies and practices using the precautionary principle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note: This decree was signed into effect on April 15th 2011<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Translated Spanish Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n

ASPEC Study<\/a><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 occupymonsanto360.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 10, 2012 – In a massive blow to multinational agribiz corporations such as Monsanto, Bayer, and Dow, Peru has officially passed a law banning genetically modified ingredients anywhere within the country for a full decade before coming up for another review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organic-gmo-genetic-engineering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}