Piet Vanthemsche
Piet Vanthemsche is a member of the management board of the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA).
EFSA has been criticised because its scientific assessments of new GM crops and pesticides (via scientific advisory panels) rely almost exclusively on corporate research data.[1]
Vanthemsche has declared that he holds an executive position in the Agri Investment Fund, which has shares in 19 companies ranging from meat processing to real estate.[2] One of these companies, Aveve N.V., sells GM animal feed, according to Greenpeace.[3]
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As at March 2011:[4]
- member of the management board of the European Food Safety Authority
- president of the Flemish farmers’ union Boerenbond since May 2007
- member of the president’s council of the European Farmers’ union COPA since March 2008
- holds an executive position in the Agri Investment Fund
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- ↑ “EU food safety agency aims for more transparency”, EurActiv.com, 9 June 2008. “EFSA undermines pesticide Regulation 1107/2009 on use of scientific peer-reviewed open literature”, Pesticide Action Network, 6 September 2010 - “So rather than use this new mandate to rely less on industry data, EFSA plans to use the same tool, GLP, to keep on removing independent studies from consideration”, writes Pesticide Action Network in its comment piece.
- ↑ EFSA, Piet Vanthemsche’s declaration of interests to EFSA, acc 18 Mar 2011
- ↑ Greenpeace, Pas d'OGM dans ma mangeoire!, acc 18 Mar 2011
- ↑ EFSA, Piet Vanthemsche’s declaration of interests to EFSA, acc 18 Mar 2011
