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GMO Free Labelling in Luxembourg A Presentation of the Current Situation Service de la Scurit Alimentaire 2015 STRUCTURE Legislative Context EU Situation in Luxembourg The GMO Free Label Issues arising

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GMO – Free Labelling in Luxembourg

A Presentation of the Current Situation

Service de la Sécurité Alimentaire 2015

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STRUCTURE

  • Legislative Context – EU
  • Situation in Luxembourg
  • The GMO – Free Label
  • Issues arising
  • Conclusion

Service de la sécurité alimentaire 3, rue des Primeurs L-2361 Strassen OGM 13/01/2010 DOC-029 Rev02 Page 2/5 Budapest Conference – How to maintain GMO-free agriculture in Europe? Sarah Haunert, Food Safety Unit Luxembourg 16/04/2015 Slide 2/15

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LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT - EU EU

Legislative Context-EU Situation in Luxembourg GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

  • Main EU legislative texts with regards to GMOs

are:

  • Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003
  • Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003
  • Requirement : to label food and feed which

contain GMOs

  • Tolerance threshold of 0.9 %
  • Legislative gap

Budapest Conference – How to maintain GMO-free agriculture in Europe? Sarah Haunert, Food Safety Unit Luxembourg 16/04/2015 Slide 3/15

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LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT - EU EU

Legislative Context-EU Situation of Luxembourg GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

CONSUMERS NOT FULLY INFORMED

Feed if > 0.9% Food if > 0.9% Animals fed with GMOs

Mandatory Labelling Mandatory Labelling No Mandatory Labelling

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

  • Luxembourg positions itself as anti-GMO
  • One of the six EU Member states which invoked the safe-

guard clause

  • Safe-guard clause has been used to ban the cultivation of GM

maize “MON810” and potato “Amflora”

  • Political will to continue to defend an anti-GMO position:

“The Government will continue to apply the precautionary principle with regards to genetically modified organisms (GMO), to promote a sustainable agriculture “without GMOs” and to defend its critical stance towards GMOs both within Luxembourg as well as on the European and international level. To the extent possible, it will ban the use of GMOs at national level and will launch information and awareness-raising activities on this matter.”

  • Many national environmental and consumer associations

defend an anti-GMO stance

  • Public opinion is thus mainly against the cultivation as well as the use
  • f GMOs in food

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Possible ways forward

  • National voluntary initiatives
  • GMO-free communes
  • Feed producers
  • Egg producer

Voluntary use of the OGM-free label

  • Milk producer

Ferme Mathay (2012), Notre Gamme d’Oeufs [Photograph], http://www.fermemathay.lu/

Jmo (2013), Frësch Vollmëllech [Photograph], http://www.industrie.lu/MolkereiThirySchouweiler.html

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Possible ways forward

  • Official controls in general show a low presence of detected

GMOs in food

  • EU legislation
  • National ban on cultivation of GMOs
  • Avoidance of cross-contamination

FEED

  • Total of 34 samples between 2012-2014
  • 4 positive samples with cross-contamination at production level

Budapest Conference – How to maintain GMO-free agriculture in Europe? Sarah Haunert, Food Safety Unit Luxembourg 16/04/2015 Slide 7/15

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG Food

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Possible ways foward

2009; 135 2010; 150 2012; 130 2013; 110 2014; 125

Number of samples

2009 2010 2012 2013 2014

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG Food

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

Type of samples

Flax; 54 Rice; 233 Corn; 124 Soya; 130 Gourd/Courgette; 36 Potatoes; 45 Papaya; 28 Flax Rice Corn Soya Gourd/Courget te Potatoes Papaya

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG Food

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

Overview of products sampled

flax; 54 rice; 233 corn cereals; 34 popcorn; 7 corn breakfast ; 13 corn flour/polenta; 43 corn noodle; 14 corn tortilla; 7 corn vegetable; 6 soy cereals/flour; 50

soya sauce; 17

soy drink; 25 soy dessert; 5 soy noodle; 19 soy particular food; 2 soy ready-to-eat; 8 soy Tofu; 3

soya bean germ; 1

gourd/courgette; 28 pumpkin seeds; 8 potatoes; 45 papaya; 28

Total

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SITUATION IN LUXEMBOURG Food

Legislative Context-EU

Situation in Luxembourg

GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

Results of Analyses

C :% GMO detected <0,9% % not amplified % compliance 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 4,8 7,6 5,4 3,1 5 8,8 3,3 1,5 11,8 5,6 93,4 98 99,3 99,00 99,2 C :% GMO detected <0,9% % not amplified % compliance

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GMO-Free Label

Legislative Context-EU Situation in Luxembourg GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

Main elements of the label:

  • Scope
  • Main requirements
  • Monitoring
  • Controls
  • Penalties

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Feed < 0.9% Animal produce:

Eggs, milk, meat

Food

(non-animal origin)

< 0.1 %

GMO-Free Label

Raw product

  • f animal
  • rigin

Compound food product Raw product

  • f non-

animal

  • rigin
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ISSUES ARISING

Legislative Context-EU Situation in Luxembourg GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

  • Arising costs
  • Producers
  • Consumers
  • Controls
  • Analytical feasibility
  • Technical feasibility
  • Other labels (organic label)
  • Disadvantage for products without label
  • Consumer confusion
  • Country specific considerations

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CONCLUSION

Legislative Context-EU Situation in Luxembourg GMO-Free Label Issues arising Conclusion

  • Political Solution
  • GMO-free label at EU-level
  • More harmonisation
  • Less consumer confusion
  • Consumer information
  • Government aims at promoting GMO-free initiatives

with direct neighbours of the Greater Region

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Thank you for your attention

Contact Details Email: sarah.haunert@ms.etat.lu Tel.: +352 247-75634

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