The dominoes continue to fall. The European Union is expected to announce a controversial plan to allow genetically modified crops into Europe for the first time – without regulatory approval.

For now, it’s just animal feed, and it’s just crops that have been “slightly contaminated’ by GMOs. But come on, we all saw this coming, right?

First the US approves GMO crops over the objection of farmers who say they will contaminate normal and organic crops, and hurt US exports to Europe where GMOs are banned under a zero-tolerance policy.

Then the US pressures Europe to take our tainted exports anyway, because it’ll hurt our farmers if they don’t.

Europe caves and drops the zero-tolerance policy.

The zero-tolerance policy has actually become a hollow shell in recent years, with several GMO foods approved. But this is pretty much lowering the last barrier; after this comes the deluge.

“This is a solution without a problem, and the price could be very high indeed when unknown genetically modified organisms are let loose in the food chain,” Eve Mitchell, food policy adviser at Food and Water Europe told The Guardian.

“The GM industry is pushing this proposal so it can wedge its foot firmly in the door and open up the British and European markets to food no one wants to eat,” added Helen Wallace, director of GeneWatch UK. “Its long-term aim is to contaminate the food chain to such an extent that GM-free food will disappear.

“Rather than ignoring EU food safety laws to help the US soy industry cut costs, we should simply buy the stuff from countries that segregate their GM properly. If it hasn’t been tested, why eat it?”

And there you have it.

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