Kritika prijema “sci-hrane”

“Nove vrste hrane, kao što su nano-produkti, hamburgeri od insekata i meso od kloniranih životinja, olako završavaju u trgovini. Novi postupak prijma usvojen od strane Europskog parlamenta, nedovoljna jamči sigurnost hrane i dobrobit životinja.” To govori Europski parlamentarac Anja Hazekamp nakon glasovanja u Europskom parlamentu o odobrenju nove hrane.

Futuristički hrana, kao što su proizvodi nanotehnologije, se prebrzo dozvoljava s ovim novim postupkom, tako misli Stranka za životinje. “Nano-sastojci su sićušne čestice koje se dodaju hrani kako bih ta hrana duže ostala svježa. Čestice su tako male da ih je teško otkriti, a kamoli da njihova sigurnost može biti zajamčena. Hranas nanotehnologijom ne bi trebala biti u trgovini, prije nego se otkriju dobre ispitne metode koje neupotrebljavaju životinje,” kaže Hazekamp. “Sa zakonom koji je sada prihvaćen, tvrtke već mogu tražiti odobrenje za svoju nano-hranu, bez da još postoje posebne metode ispitivanja takve hrane. Upotrebljavanje životinja kako bi se mogla testirala nanotehnologija, također nije isključeno.”

Druga točka kritike sa strane Stranke za životinje su radi o mesu, mlijeku i drugim proizvodima od kloniranih životinja i njihovih potomaka. Kloniranje životinja je okrutna tehnika pri kojoj 90% životinja umre ili se rodi deformirano. Preživjele klonirane životinje se pogotovo upotrebljavaju za razmnožavanje, tako da na kraju hrana potiče iz potomaka kloniranih životinja. Ali baš ti potomci ne spadaju pod propise za nove vrste hrane.

“Proizvodi iz potomaka od kloniranih životinja – koji su nastali nakon puno patnje životinja- na taj način se nesmetano mogu naći na našim tanjurima. To sve barem dok Bruxelles napokon ne završi zakon o kloniranju životinja, na kojem se već pet godina radi. Velika većina građana se protivi proizvodima kloniranih životinja ali ih sada ipak dobiva. To je bizarno,” rekla je Anja Hazekamp.

“Novel foods such as nano products, bug burgers and cloned animal meat end up in super markets too easily. The new application procedure established by European Parliament cannot guarantee food safety and animal welfare.” That is what MEP Mrs Anja Hazekamp said in response to a vote in European Parliament on the authorisation of novel foods.

The Party for the Animals feels that futuristic foods such as nano products are authorised too easily under this new procedure. “Nano ingredients are tiny particles that are added to foods in order to keep them fresh longer, among other things. These particles are so small that they are extremely difficult to track, let alone guarantee their safety. Until there are adequate and non-animal test methods, nano technology food does not belong on supermarket shelves,” Mrs Hazekamp states. “With this new legislation, companies can seek approval for nano food without the existence of the specific test method. On top of that, the use of animal testing for nano food is not excluded.”

The meat, dairy and other products of cloned animals and their offspring is a second point of criticism for the Party for the Animals. Animal cloning is a cruel technology in which 90% of the animals either die or are born with deformities. The surviving clones are mainly used for breeding, which means that the products that are eventually sold, come from the cloned animal’s offspring. However, it is the offspring that is not included in the Novel Foods Regulation.

“This means that clone offspring products – the result of a great deal of animal suffering – can end up on your plate without any problem. This will remain the case at least until Brussels has finally completed its legislation on animal cloning, which has been under negotiation for five years now. A vast majority of citizens do not approve of clone products and now have these products forced on them, which is crazy,” says Anja Hazekamp.