1 million signatures for better GMO labels

Right now, Greenpeace here in Japan is asking NGOs and groups (including companies and shops and so on) to join the network for the 1 million petition to demand stricter GMO food labelling in Japan.

In Japan, consumers do not have easy way to avoid eating GMO foods, due to the current GM food labelling law.



There are 3 conditions which Greenpeace activists say are misleading consumers.

1) Ingredients such as oil and soy sauce that have been treated during the
making process and are difficult to detect DNA and GMO proteins, do NOT need
to be labelled.
2) Only ingredients which constitute top 3 by the weight percentage in the
total ingredients, and their weight percentages are no less than 5% of the
total ingredients, should be labelled.
3) Ingredients imported by using IP-handling (GM or non-GM handling
separately), can be labelled as NON-GM even though it has GM contamination
up to 5 %.

Please consider to join the Greenpeace network to demand better labelling!

How to join the network (in Japanese language only):
Read here first.
Take a look at the petition sheet (PDF).
Register here.
Individual signatures are also welcome - download the petition information here.

(Picture: Greenpeace True Food Guide helps consumers avoid chocolate with lecitin made from GMO soy)