In a report of the Economic and Social Council, Guy Le Fur defines the type of labeling which could avoid the risk to have three different classes of human food consumption. Europe must make the first move towards the implementation of GMO-free channels at the international level.
European consumers show they are strongly concerned about their food.
Since the bovine spongiform encephalopathy crisis, they are awaiting for sound guarantees and information on the nature and origin of the foodstuff they consume. Segregation is then required, which means to separate the products physically and temporally. This would allow quick identification of the cargos and efficient control upon the operators' activities providing a better capacity of reaction in case of accident. In order to implement such labeling, several conditions should be met. This threshold must be the lowest possible to allow the consumers to be fully aware and make their own choice.