- Target:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Region:
- United Kingdom
- Website:
- goo.gl
The European Commission is changing the European Union’s plant legislation, apparently to enhance food safety across the continent.
This move has sparked a heavy opposition from many, saying that the measure will threaten seed diversity and favour large agrochemical businesses. This new law creates new powers to classify and regulate all plant life anywhere in Europe. -The “Plant Reproductive Material Law” regulates all plants. It contains restrictions on vegetables and woodland trees, as well as all other plants of any species. It will be illegal to grow, reproduce, or trade any vegetable seed or tree that has not been been tested and approved by the government, more specifically the “EU Plant Variety Agency.”
This agency will be responsible for making a list of approved plants and an annual fee must also be forwarded to the agency if growers would like to keep what they grow on the list - See more at: http://goo.gl/FG6oLz
Responsible department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We the undersigned believe that the implementation of the “Plant Reproductive Material Law” as a European enforceable regulation removes the right of the individual to grow their own natural plants and vegetables in favour of corporate control over nature.
The “Plant Reproductive Material Law” will only serve to denature further the foods we consume for corporate profit and the mass use of GMO's and toxic pesticides, causing the nation’s health to suffer, and a further burden on the NHS.
We reserve the right to choose for ourselves what we wish to grow and plant in our farms and homes Consequently, we call upon the Government to oppose the implementation of the “Plant Reproductive Material Law” thereby protecting our human right to select good nutritional food for ourselves.
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The Stop EU Plant Variety Agency petition to Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs was written by keith heys and is in the category International Affairs at GoPetition.