RECOGNIZING that food safety, as addressed in GAR #64, Food and Drug Standards, is paramount to the well-being of all creatures;
APPLAUDING the efforts of all nations to keep the food supply safe;
AWARE that, in order to feed the world, new and emerging methodologies of sustaining the food supply are necessary;
COGNIZANT that the production of genetically modified foods continues to increase as a viable method of improving crop yields while making foods resistant to pathogens, pests and herbicides;
NOTING that ill-advised governments are capitulating to the fear-mongering rhetoric of the uneducated, and outlawing foods just because they are labeled as genetically modified foods, even when they are safe to consume;
CONVINCED that genetically modified foods are virtually indistinguishable from conventional foods;
ALSO CONVINCED that food safety is adequately covered in GAR #64, Food and Drug Standards, which "DEMANDS that all food and drug products produced in member states must undergo safety and quality screening before being released to the consumer market";
ALSO ALSO CONVINCED that if any genetically modified food was proven unsafe to consume, it would fail this standard and would not be made available for public consumption;
THUS UNCONVINCED that genetically modified foods deserve any special labeling requirements above and beyond what is already required under national and international laws;
HEREBY repeals GAR #158, On Genetically Modified Foods.