PCC public policy statements
Agriculture & farmland | Cooperative development | Food safety & irradiation | Genetic engineering | Meat & dairy | Nutrition | Organics | Pesticides | Seafood, oceans & water
Genetic engineering
November 24, 2008 — public comments submitted to USDA re: proposed changes in regulations for GM crops, including food crops engineered to express experimental pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds.
November 13, 2008 — comments submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration during public comment period on regulation of genetically modified animals.
January 22, 2008 — Petition to the U. S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit pharmaceutical and industrial chemical production using genetically modified food crops grown outdoors.
March 6, 2007 — letter of comment re: the U.S. Department of Agriculture's pending consideration to allow experimental, genetically engineered safflower to produce pharmaceutical compounds on 1,000 acres in Washington state. Co-signed by more than 25 organizations.
July 12, 2006 — USDA, APHIS, Regulatory Analysis and Development, Re: urging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to reject deregulation of a genetically engineered plum that would allow commercial planting for the food supply.
March 13, 2006 — sign on to memorandum from the Joint International GMO Day committee about the risks of consuming GE food (PDF). See the Joint International GMOpposition Day (JIGMOD) Web site for a current list of signatories.
March 2, 2006 — letter to Washington state legislators on the Senate Rules Committee, and Senate Ways and Means Committee urging an amendment to SHB 2640 to prohibit tax incentives for "pharma" crops engineered to produce experimental, untested drugs and chemicals in common food crops.
April 19, 2005 — to Washington State legislators asking support for $2.6 million in new funding for WSU's BioAg program.
February 18, 2004 — Sign-on to petition asking the USDA to conduct a full Environmental Impact Statement on an application by Montsanto to release GE wheat. Addendum and associated documents
August 20, 2003 — Thank you to Rep. Jay Inslee, co-sponsoring the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act, H.R. 2916.
May 9, 2003 — to U.S.D.A., Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, re: Docket # 03-031-1, proposed rules to regulate genetically engineered crops containing pharmaceutical drugs and industrial chemicals (biopharms).
August 22, 2000 — Thank you to Rep. Jack Metcalf, for co-sponsor of HR #3377, the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act.