New genetic engineering: opponents warn against Commission plans

The huge silos on the Rhine at Raiffeisen animal feed plant Kehl store conventionally and organically produced grain; in any case, it is free of genetic engineering. The company has been in business since 1963 and has an annual turnover of €65 million from animal and pet food. Company director Bernhard Stoll decided against green genetic engineering as early as 1998, out of conviction, as he says. The success of his decision proves Stoll right. Pig farmers and dairy farmers buy his feed instead of GM soy or GM corn from overseas – and can thus guarantee their customers GM-free milk, cheese or meat.