SCN: [Fwd: GMO Labelling Illegal Under Fast Track*]

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If you would like to know if the food you eat contains gmo's, or if you are concerned
about "fast track' trade legislation, please read this and act...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: GMO Labelling Illegal Under Fast Track*
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 01:35:55 EST
From: EATORGANIC at aol.com
To: CedarTreeNymph at aol.com

>FAST TRACK BILL WILL MAKE LABELING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED
>FOODS ILLEGAL!
>
>Why Should You Take Action NOW?
>
>Bill HR 3005, "Trade Promotion Authority," is currently
>being considered in the US House of Representatives. It
>is also known as Fast Track.
>A VOTE IN THE CONGRESS IS LIKELY WITHIN
>THE NEXT TWO WEEKS!
>
>Pro-GMO legislators have put in language in
>HR 3005 that would make GMO labeling ILLEGAL as well as
>eliminating the precautionary principle for
>GMO regulation. (The Democratic "alternative" to this
>bill, though better in some aspects, has the EXACT SAME
>LANGUAGE regarding GMOs.) If either bill passes, then the
>US would be able to force European countries to accept
>unlabeled US GMO products!
>
>Fast Track would also allow the President to
>negotiate trade pacts like the Free Trade Area of the
>Americas without any input from Congress. Consequently,
>Congress would waive the right to criticize
>the absence of labor, human rights or environmental
>provisions in the final pact! But if Fast Track fails, we
>have a good chance of stopping the FTAA!
>
>What can you do?
>Use the AFL-CIO toll-free number to call Congress
>1-800-393-1082. You will have to enter a zip code in order
>to reach representatives from your area.
>
>Tell them you are a constituent (if you are) or that you
>live in their area. Tell them you oppose Fast Track and
>you want to know if they do too.
>
>You can also send an email message to
>Congress NOW by visiting:
>http://action.citizen.org/pc/issues/alert/?alertid=57813&type=CO&
>enter your zip code in the Take Action Now field.
>
>For more information on Fast Track see:
>http://www.citizen.org/hot_issues/issue.cfm?ID=138
>
>For more information on the FTAA see:
>http://www.purefood.org/corp/ftaaresources.cfm or contact
>OCA at ftaa at purefood.org
>
>If you would like to subscribe or unsubscibe to any Greenpeace e-mail list,
>you can do so at:
>http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/sc
>
>For more information on current fair trade issues, visit www.tradewatch.org
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>distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior 
> interest in receiving such information for research and 
> educational purposes.
>
>Margrete Strand Rangnes
>Field Director
>Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
>215 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, Washington DC, 20003 USA
>mstrand at citizen.org & www.tradewatch.org
>Ph: + 202-454-5106, Fax: + 202-547 7392
>
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