BEIJING, April 24 (Xinhua) The media reported that Lu Hua, Arowana, Fortune and other non-GM brand peanut logo marked on the product. Experts pointed out that currently there is no peanut gene transfer, business conduct alleged violations of the right to information and the right to fair trade consumers, grab an undue competitive advantage, should be promptly issued an apology to consumers. In this regard, Lu Hua, Fortune, etc., responded that this would mark the brand edible peanut oil, and does not mislead consumers, their acts of unfair competition does not exist, in line with national laws, regulations and criteria.
Transgenic peanuts are not yet available
Identifies non-transgenic peanut oil flooding the market
According to Beijing Times reported that Lu spent on the market, Fortune and other brands of peanut oil identified as non-GMO squeeze peanut oil, Arowana peanut oil labeled non-GMO squeeze level. WASHINGTON Health Channel on April 22 when visited the supermarket confirmed the report, and only saw the blessing of peanut oil does not identify non-GMO, consumers have told reporters that he is not sure peanuts are not genetically modified, and only know non-transgenic certainly better.
Peanuts are no genetically modified. China Agricultural University, Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, Health Channel, said Zhu Yi to BEIJING, businesses without labeling non-GMO, is actually a publicity stunt on, this will cause the management confusion.
Zhu Yi said that China is now implementing a strict GMO origin labeling system. At present, China on genetically modified food is to identify laws and regulations and the State Administration of Quality Supervision, genetically modified organisms safety regulations promulgated by the State Council in 2001 enacted in 2009, food labeling regulations, the provisions of the two laws were included agricultural genetically modified Biological directory genetically modified organisms, the production, packaging units and individuals responsible for the identification, genetically modified food or genetically modified raw materials containing legal and must be clearly identified.
Meanwhile Zhu Yi said on labeling of genetically modified food, is now internationally accepted principle of one-way mark, that require labeling of genetically modified logo, and the rest of nature is non-GM, and do not need to be labeled.
WASHINGTON Health Channel visited supermarkets found that unlike the drums impressively into the purpose of non-GMO logo, most of the transgenic soybean logo are playing hide and seek, inconspicuous place in the packaging of many products even only in small print line similar to the background color printed This product is made from genetically modified soybean processing. This is clearly a departure from the relevant provisions of the genetically modified food or genetically modified materials containing legal, must be clearly identified.
Lu Hua: Brand edible peanut oil are so marked
Fortune: the production and labeling comply with regulations
This will be no non-transgenic peanuts, and non-genetically modified product identification was vice president of the China Consumers' Association, Commercial Law Institute of Renmin University of China Judicial Conciliation believe that this violation of the Consumer Protection Law provides consumers The right to information and the right to fair trade, while the alleged breach of good faith, constitutes unfair competition, as well as grab undue competitive advantage, undermine the market just, fair competition order.
In this regard, Lu Hua silver piano segment responsible person responded that such identification does not mislead the consumer can be more intuitive for consumers to buy the product. Qin also noted the silver segment is now eating peanut oil brands on the market will be so marked, it will not cause unfair competition.
The Fortune Food Products Co., Ltd. belongs to respond, said non-GM press Fortune peanut oil production and labeling in accordance with national laws, regulations and standards, and to respond to consumer demand, the real material properties were marked.
At press time ago Arowana WASHINGTON Health Channel has yet to respond.
Zhu Yi believe that this marked the enterprise itself just want to create a selling point. Meanwhile, Zhu Yi think CNCA on the identity of non-GM products currently does not have a strict assurance and certification standards, companies should not be allowed to identify themselves, if you want to be marked by inspection, sampling some isolation control testing system to ensure that regardless of production or operations in which their products have a particular quality. At the same time, but also through the control measures to be traceable quality control, establishment of a traceability system.
Expert: saying only half of the truth is equal to lying
Need a higher level of legal clarification
Merchant Product Disclosure must strictly abide by the authenticity, accuracy, completeness, fairness. Judicial Conciliation Health Channel, said on BEIJING, said only half of the truth is equal to lying.
Logo on GMO issues, how should determine whether legal compliance? Zhu Yi believes that the current level of law is still relatively low, and even contradictory in some places, there should be a higher level of the upper GM food safety law will incorporate identity management, eliminate regulatory blind downstream product identification, on the specious practices clearly of distinction, to let consumers know the final without exclusion, companies do not resort to walking a fine line, to mislead consumers. Respect for the consumer's right to know and the right to choose, which is a basic principle, Zhu Yi said.
Judicial Conciliation also believes that businesses should strive for good, to strengthen self-discipline, the timely release of apology to consumers.
Source: Learn at china