South China Morning Post / Monday, April 17, 2000 / CHEUNG CHI-FAI
More than 6,000 people have signed a Greenpeace petition urging the Government to introduce a labelling system on genetically modified food.
The green group said yesterday it hoped to collect at least 40,000 signatures before early May when a government forum on labelling is to be held.
Greenpeace campaigner Lo Sze-ping said the signature campaign had been well received, particularly among young mothers.
"Some people might not know what GM food is, but people like young mothers are particularly aware of the issue," he said.
"They are more concerned about the health of the next generation."
He said the Government was acting too slowly on introducing a labelling system, despite the legislature supporting one.
Greenpeace is proposing that all food with modified ingredients be labelled.
The European Union wants food containing more than one per cent of modified substance to be labelled, while Japan is using five per cent.
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