Labelling Of Foods Made Using Gene Technology

EDM number 697 in 1993-94, proposed by David Alton on 01/03/1994.

That this House notes the growing public concern about the addition of human genes to cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits and fish; is concerned that scorpion poison genes have been added to cabbages, toxin genes to potatoes, non-bruising genes to tomatoes and that new gene products are already on sale in food without labelling; notes that one food retailer has recently announced a voluntary ban on humanised meat, and some other transgenic products; further notes that there are safety and ethical questions which need wide public debate; and calls upon the Government to introduce compulsory labelling of these new foods so that the public can choose what they are eating.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.