NORWAY ACTS AGAINST GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD
On 18 June, the Norwegian Natural Law Party presented over 7000 signatures against genetically modified food to the relevant parliamentary committee. The same day parliament voted that all genetically modified food must be labelled, including foods containing modified ingredients. In addition, a ban was placed on all genetically modified products that might cause resistance to antibiotics etc. These bans reinforce the existing ban in Norway on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment. "These new initiatives show a strong increase in the level of awareness of the parliament since last summer when the party held its first press conference with Dr Fagan in Oslo" says Odd Løset, Leader of the Natural Law Party of Norway. "At that time the newspaper of the biggest opposition party - "Senterpartiet" - opposed the view of the Natural Law Party. Now this is the only party in parliament that wants a total ban on all genetically modified food."