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Old 30-03-2003, 04:32 PM
 
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Default Parallel lines in agriculture do meet?


better stop eating bread and I shudder to think how much danish pig meat is
made on the back of US feed stuffs.


Less and less... You might also look at the GM policies of all the UK
supermarkets, which are already GM free for food and increasingly
specifying GM free for animal feed...

regards
Marcus


http://www.vancepublishing.com/FSI/a...05insights.htm

Capitalizing on niches (Consumers)

Consumers in the European Union are denouncing genetically modified
foods and Danish Crown, a processing company, plans to capitalize on
it. The processor is hoping to introduce the first GM-free pork to the
market.

The company is negotiating with producers to supply the meat. The
processor also will pay producers a premium over the standard pork
price to supplement the higher costs of using GM-free feed. The
initial plan is to process 5,000 to 7,000 GM-free pigs a week.

Danish Crown plans to focus on marketing to the United Kingdom where
consumers are especially interested in GM-free meat products.

Meanwhile, a Canadian producer, Breton Natural Pork of
Notre-Dame-du-Lac, has earned the "free-farmed" label from the
American Humane Association and Farm Animal Services.

The free-farmed label is designed to assure consumers that du Breton's
pork cuts came from animals treated according to American Humane
Association's animal welfare standards. An independent Farm Animal
Services inspector audits and certifies the production process. The
standards include provisions that require pigs to be raised in a
stress-reducing environment, have adequate shelter and comfortable
resting areas, sufficient space, proper facilities and are able to
exhibit normal (rooting) behavior.