Greenpeace Southeast Asia has blamed multinational food behemoth Nestlé for using Thai children as “guinea pigs” with the publication of a report that highlights the possibility of GE contamination in baby foods. The Swiss company has again been accused of “double standards,” and using Asia as a “dumping ground” for the GE ingredients it would not use in Europe.
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Many Nestlé-manufactured baby food brands are sold in Thailand, and a new Greenpeace report states that these, which include Cerelac, Milo breakfast cereal, Carnation powdered milk and Bear Brand milk, could well be harbouring GE ingredients. There are many health concerns currently related to GE foods, including the possibility of triggering allergic reactions, and affecting other antibiotic treatments.
Auaiporn Suthonthanyakorn, a campaigner for Greenpeace, commented: “The Thai public would be sorry if we didn’t do something to protect our children from GE food at the moment.”
Joining other activists in pre-dawn action at a Nestlé factory in Hong Kong, Suthonthanyakorn urged the Thai government to speed up a mandatory GM labelling policy.
