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Europe: Tell food companies, don't buy the lie of "responsible" soy

Environmental and social organisations all over Europe are writing to supermarkets and food industry, asking them not to mislead their consumers by labelling GM and intensively produced soy as "responsible". GM soy production in South America is responsible for deforestation, clearance of traditional communities, and mass pesticide poisoning. We need to reduce the dependence of Europe on imported soy and radically change the way food is produced. Please tell the supermarkets that we don't accept this label fraud. Rainforest Rescue has set up a quick and easy system you can use to send a letter to supermarkets all over Europe: http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/mailalert/679/responsible-soy-misleading-consumers

Urgent action (UK): Keep our poultry GM-feed-free

The GM industry is determined to force-feed you GM. For years now they have been spinning like mad to sneak GM feed into the food chain.

However, you can still buy all your meat and dairy in UK supermarkets as GM-free-fed, if you shop carefully. Visit gmfreeze.

Of course the GM industry does not like this, and it especially doesn't like that most poultry and most eggs in the UK come from non-GM feed.

UK: Tell supermarkets to get out of GM soya greenwash exercise

Bad news! The supermarket chains/food suppliers Waitrose, Asda and AB Agri have joined with Marks and Spencer in the RTRS - the greenwashing exercise for GM soy monocultures run by WWF and others, including Monsanto and Syngenta.

Please write to the following:
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expressing your deep disappointment at these companies joining an organisation that is being used as part of a strategy by giant agribusiness corporations to try and get GM soya labelled as "responsible".

UK: Write to the supermarkets

There is currently a big push by the biotech industry to force GM foods into Europe.

Whether they succeed is largely in the hands of the supermarkets, which have most power over the European food supply. Until now the supermarkets, under pressure from consumers, have banned GM ingredients from their own-brand products but hardly any have so far banned the use of GM animal feed in their meat, dairy or egg production lines.

Please ask the supermarkets to maintain their strong stance against GM ingredients and, in particular, to ensure that their meat, eggs, and dairy products are GM-free. Send your letters to each supermarket listed – addresses below the model letter.

Global: Oppose "responsible" soya greenwash

Letter of critical opposition to the "Round Table on Responsible Soy" / Carta de oposición crítica a la “Mesa redonda sobre Soja Responsable” / Carta em oposição à “Mesa Redonda de Soja Responsável”
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