2011-01-20
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The petition requests that the Members of Parliament base their decisions in the lawmaking process regarding genetic modification on scientific facts instead of on hearsay and rumours. [...] According to [University of Helsinki Plant and Forest Breeding Professor Teemu] Teeri, the most common misconception among the public at large is that the use of genetic manipulation techniques would be somehow more dangerous than the traditional techniques used in plant breeding. ”Today’s genetic plant breeding is thousands of times more pure than the old-fashioned plant breeding techniques”, added adjunct professor Jussi Tammisola.
2010-12-15
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Finns are consuming more and more pork and chicken that have been fed genetically modified fodder. Although the largest Finnish animal fodder producers have avoided genetically modified raw materials up to now, there are increasing economic pressures to adopt GM produce. [...] According to Jukka Rantala from Finland’s Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners, four out of five kilos of Christmas ham and chicken will still be GM-free this year.
2010-04-29
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Genetically modified foods are not allowed to be sold in Finland, but it remains difficult for the critical consumer to completely avoid groceries that utilise GM technology in some shape or form. “Genetically modified vegetables are used to produce medicines, and these medicines may also be used in organic production,” says Markku Keinänen, a researcher at the University of Eastern Finland and a member of the Advisory Board on Biotechnology.
2009-11-13
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A group of Finnish chefs, including television celebrities, have signed a petition urging the government to ban the import and sale of genetically-manipulated foods. They feel that allowing GM-foods into the natural food chain destroys the safe and natural production of food. Chefs Hans Välimäki, Kai Kallio, and Jaakko Nuutila delivered the petition to Finance Minister Jyrki Katainen on Wednesday.
2007-08-28
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Finns take a generally negative view of meat raised with the help of genetically modified feed. According to a survey commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat, half of the population completely disapprove of GM fed, and more than 90 per cent feel that meat raised with such feed should have a label that informs the consumer of its use. The survey, conducted by Suomen Gallup, shows that barely over one quarter of Finns approve of the use of GM feed in agriculture. Taking the most positive attitudes are men under the age of 25.
2007-08-20
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The Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) said on Tuesday that wants voluntary labelling of food products to indicate any phases of the production chain in which genetically modified products have been used. The MTK has been pushed to make a statement on the use of GM animal feed ever since food producers LSO Foods and Lounais-farmi said earlier in the summer that they would start to import GM soybeans for use in pig feed.
2007-08-15
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A group of some 50 demonstrators gathered in Forssa in southern Finland to demonstrate against an earlier decision by LSO Foods to import genetically modified soy protein to make pig feed. The demonstrators underlined that the pig feed imported by LSO was the first GM product taken into widespread use in Finland and urged consumers to boycott the products of HKScan and Järvi-Suomen Portti, both customers of LSO.
2007-07-17
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Minister of Agriculture Sirkka-Liisa Antilla hopes meat manufacturers and processors using genetically modified feed would voluntarily indicate this on their products. She said the preservation of consumer confidence in Finnish foodstuffs was essential. The Minister added consumers had the right to know what they purchased and put into their food.
2007-01-15
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A working group examining options in Finnish agricultural policy says that Finland needs to start producing genetically modified crop plants. The working group, headed by top Finance Ministry official Raimo Sailas, submitted its final report on Thursday to Minister of Agriculture Juha Korkeaoja. Sailas said that the working group takes a positive view of technology and biotechnology. He says that new methods are needed to keep Finnish agriculture competitive. [...] Michael Hornborg, chairman of the Finnish Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners [...] disagrees with the working group on the issue of genetic modification. He says that not having GM crops could be beneficial for Finland.
2004-12-15
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In the beginning of this year three environmental organisations launched the Internet action for protesting the GM trees supportive decision made in UN Kyoto meeting in Milano, last December. Today there is about 300 ngos and almost 3000 individuals supporting the demand. The basic idea to reward with emission rights those western countries which would be putting up tree plantations in third world is simply false, even without GM trees, says campaigner Hannu Hyvönen by the Union of Ecoforestry in Finland.
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