Call for Ireland to become ‘GM-free’ area
He said the outcome of a recent two-day conference in Florence where 20 EU regions signed up to a “GMO-free” charter, highlights how other European food-producing regions are responding to growing consumer resistance to GM food.
Mr Heney said it is now imperative that Ireland, north and south, immediately declares itself a GM-free area to protect the unique and much-envied clean, green image Irish food enjoys amongst European consumers.
