>CPE
>> >Coordination Paysanne EuropÈenne
>Nothing has been done either in the present CAP or in
>Agenda 2000
Well here in Ireland a great deal has been done under CAP and more is in
agenda 2000 to encourage a move towards sustainable agriculture - check out
the Rural Environment Protection Scheme on our Dept Ag web site - don't
have the address but it will link from the irlgov site somewhere
>developed on the basis of imports of animal feedstuffs from
>all over theplanet at the lowest possible price. These
>regions (land, rivers, groundwater, coastal waters)
>are overflowing with manure or droppings which causemajor
>environmental and water quality problems.
But most european governments are now doing something about it
>- it uses antibiotics in feedstuffs,
true - supposed to be prescription only for known on farm health problems
but law is broken - not permitted as growth promoters
tranquillisers
>for stressed animals,
not permitted in most european countries - would be interested to find out
where this is happening
> growth promoters,
no - banned throughout EU
>hormones,
ditto
regardless
>of human and animal health,
>- it uses unsafe agricultural or industrial waste tofeed
>the animals(e.g. citrus fruit waste with a too high
>pesticide content,
banned unless testing at safe level
>animal fat from carcass disposal,
banned
I would like to point out that I am not an advocate of conventional farming
in any way - in fact I am a standards manager for an organic certification
scheme - but whoever is putting out this scaremongering rubbish is simply
playing into the hands of the multinational (not just american) companies
who are working so hard to prevent the consumer finding out just what is in
the food they eat.
kathryn
Kathryn Marsh, Joint Standards Manager, Organic Trust, Tobersool,
Balbriggan, Co Dublin, Ireland
Phone 0353 1 841 3681
kmarsh@iol.ie
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