Citizens Against the GMO Food

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The last public opinion survey conducted by GfK Croatia, shows that 66.8 percent of the citizens refuse to use genetically modified (GM) food under any circumstances. The survey was conducted on a representative sample of 1,000 citizens older than 15 years of age.

Only about eight percent of the polled citizens said that they are prepared to use and consume GM food. Slightly over 16% are not informed sufficiently about the GMO food, while 8% are completely disinterested in the issue.

A vast majority of the citizens (91%) believes it is absolutely necessary to properly identify and label the GMO foods, while 4% think that it is not necessary. Five percent have no opinion in that regard.

The prohibition of GMOs in Croatia is advocated by non-governmental organizations that promote the development of domestic acriculture and food processing industry through production of organic food. The organic agriculture acknowledges the environmental protection as a precondition for production of healthy food, without GMOs, pesticides and artificial fertilizers.

The GfK survey, as well as the similar previous research, shows that the citizens are well aware of the advantages of organic agriculture and the danger presented by the GMOs.

The survey should use as a stimulus to the civil society organizations in terms of future action to prohibit the use of GMO in Croatia, but also to the Croatian food industry to stop using GMOs in their production.

For more information on the Survey, visit ALERT Online Environmental Media (in Croatian).