Mumbai
On the 7th of February a public talk was organized by the Council for Fair Business Practices and supported by V-Can. Mr. Devinder Sharma, a distinguished food and trade policy analyst and an award-winning Indian journalist addressed the safety issues of GM crops while Ms. Dilnavaz Variava, former CEO WWF-India, vice-president BNHS, and member of apex Govt of India Committees on wildlife and environment, addressed their environmental impacts. Poison on the Platter (short version) was also screened. The event was well attended with well over 100 people comprising of students, industrialists and even a few farmers. Although this event was not billed as an IFSF event the dates coincided with a number of events organinsed to celebrate ‘National Safe Food Day’. The event was covered in the Free Press Journal and about 50 CDs with Poison on the Platter, an abbreviated 20 page version of GMO Myths and Truths, an AV presentation and the Parliamentary Standing Committees press release was distributed free of cost to those who asked for it.
On the 8th of February three talks were organized under the IFSF banner addressed by Mr Devinder Sharma and Mrs Dilnavaz Variava.
At HR college the topic ‘Food Safety and Security: Are GM crops the answer’ was addressed by Mr Devinder Sharma. Over 100 students attended the seminar at HR college and two other colleges, Jaihind and K J Somaiya sent their representatives.
Mr Sharma spoke at a talk at Sophia College for 50 Mass Media students and at St. Xavier’s College organized by the Sociology Department. At both these talks the impact of GM crops on the environment, food security and consumers was discussed followed by an interactive session with the speakers.
At all the college events Poison on the Platter (short version) was screened along with a picture of Seralini’s rat study and Jatans leaflet was distributed to everyone
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