BEUC, (Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs) groepeert 34 nationale, onafhankelijke consumentenorganisaties in Europa. Zijn taak bestaat erin de politiek van de Europese Unie te beïnvloeden in het belang van de consument, alsook de belangen van alle consumenten te promoten en te verdedigen.

GMOs or NO GMOs?
The choice should be ours
BEUC, the European Consumers Organisation, represents 34 consumer organisations, from all EU countries as well as accession countries.

Main consumer demands in relation to genetically modified food:
• Information must be provided on whether a food or food ingredients have been genetically modified
• All ingredients derived from GMOs (such as oil) must be labelled even if no longer detectable by testing
• Misleading GMO-free labels are not an acceptable solution for consumers

Results of the Eurobarometer poll “Europeans, science and technology”, December 2001 (A total of 16029 people were questioned):

Results of the opinion poll which BEUC and its Portuguese (DECO) and Austrian (VKI) member organisations carried out on their websites during November 2001:

Results of the Consumers’ Association (UK) survey, February 2002:
(1,000 in-home interviews with a nationally representative sample of adults)