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It may surprise people if I say that do not find the concept of cloning absolutely horrendous.
But I don't, cloning might offer solutions to some of the worlds greatest problems; disease and hunger.
I still have not been able to form a opinion on the matter, we as a human race have been genetically modifying crops and animals for thousands of years, but not at the speed at which scientists are now capable of changing Mother Nature's creations.
What I do have a serious issue with is the fact that I would like to know IF something is genetically modified.
For the simple reason that I believe I should have the choice as to what I put inside my body.
So what does completely horrify me is the fact that genetically modified meats are now entering the food supply chain and we as a consumer have no way of knowing that we are buying it.
That is truly horrific, at this point in time we do not know what the long term consequences are of all these genetic modifications and personally I would like give it a lot more time before we decide if it is safe for human consumption.
The fact of the matter is: clones have now entered the British food supply chain and there is no way of knowing where these calves have ended up.
We will never know what has happened to the offspring of these calves, this I do find seriously disturbing.
DEFRA has acknowledged that they simply do not know.
The FDA in the US has approved against public opinion and against the wishes of its own congress to allow genetically modified foods on supermarket shelves.
So if you do want to allow this, I believe both FDA and DEFRA have the obligation to ensure that we as a consumer have the choice.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024578/Eight-cloned-cows-born-B...

http://ga3.org/campaign/clone_pledge

•Traceability is defined as “the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal or substance intended to be or expected to be incorporated into a food or feed in all stages of production, processing or distribution.

•Every manufacturer should be able to tell where all ingredients are coming from, in which these are processed and where the end-product currently is.

•Each warehouse has to be able to tell where the food is coming from and where it went to. In case there is a ‘call-back’ a warehouse needs to provide this data within 6 hours.

The Catorganic tool has been designed to give you full track and trace capability from beginning to end in your manufacturing process.
It is your choice if you make this information available to customers and or 3rd parties.
This tool can be modified with relative ease to track and trace conventional production processes.
It has been designed for those businesses that seek a more transparent supply chain.
In the long term we believe transparency,traceability and sustainability will go hand in hand.
Slowly consumers are becoming more aware and are starting to ask the right types of questions.
Questions like: how do I know, this is Organic? Is the label on the product enough.
The same applies to Fair Trade, how do I know that the premium I am paying for this product actually ends up with the person that needs it so desperately.
Only when using a transparent system that can be questioned by consumers will we be able to create a fairer and more sustainable world.

Catorg is constantly changing.
That is why this site is also constantly changing.
We are currently in the process of preparing to launch Catorganic.