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== Activity ==
== Activity ==
In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000817211601/http://www.gefoodalert.org/html/whoisgefoodalert.htm Internet Archive capture of Genetically Engineered Food Alert webpage, August 17, 2000]</ref><ref>Margot Roosevelt for Time Magazine. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997621,00.html Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street]</ref><ref>Staff, The Progress Report. [http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm New Coalition Acts Against GM Food Dangers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417060453/http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm|date=2014-04-17}}</ref> On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the [[StarLink corn recall]].<ref name="WashPost">Marc Kaufman for the ''Washington Post''. September 18, 2000 [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18%2C+2000&author=Kaufman%2C+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells%3B+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053125/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18,+2000&author=Kaufman,+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells;+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns|date=2017-12-02}}</ref>
In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000817211601/http://www.gefoodalert.org/html/whoisgefoodalert.htm Internet Archive capture of Genetically Engineered Food Alert webpage, August 17, 2000]</ref><ref>Margot Roosevelt for Time Magazine. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997621,00.html Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street]</ref><ref>Staff, The Progress Report. [http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm New Coalition Acts Against GM Food Dangers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417060453/http://www.progress.org/gene50.htm|date=2014-04-17}}</ref> On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the [[StarLink corn recall]].<ref name="WashPost">Marc Kaufman for the ''Washington Post''. September 18, 2000 [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18%2C+2000&author=Kaufman%2C+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells%3B+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053125/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/doc/409030274.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Sep+18,+2000&author=Kaufman,+Marc&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=&desc=Biotech+Critics+Cite+Unapproved+Corn+in+Taco+Shells;+Gene-Modified+Variety+Allowed+Only+for+Animal+Feed+Because+of+Allergy+Concerns|date=2017-12-02}}</ref>

==== Stakeholder Representation ====
The European subsection of the organisation (PAN Europe) is an accredited stakeholder to the [[European Chemicals Agency]] (ECHA) and to the [[European Food Safety Authority]] (EFSA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accredited stakeholders - ECHA |url=https://echa.europa.eu/about-us/partners-and-networks/stakeholders/echas-accredited-stakeholder-organisations |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=echa.europa.eu |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=List of EFSA Registered Stakeholders |url=https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/stakeholders-registered-list.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=European Food Safety Authority}}</ref> PAN Europe currently holds the seat on the EFSA Stakeholder Bureau representing "NGOs and Advocacy Groups".<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2023 |title=Members and Alternate Members of the Stakeholder Bureau |url=https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2022-12/List-of-Bureau-Members-And-Alternate-Members.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2023 |website=European Food Safety Authority}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:27, 27 July 2023

Pesticide Action Network
Formation1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Founded atPenang, Malaysia
TypeInternational NGO, Nonprofit
PurposePesticide regulation
Region
Worldwide
AffiliationsUnion of International Associations
Websitehttps://pan-international.org

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is an international coalition of around 600 NGOs, citizens' groups, and individuals in about 60 countries which opposes pesticide use, and advocates what it proposes as more ecologically sound alternatives.[1][2] It was founded in 1982 with its first meeting in Penang, Malaysia.[3][2]

Structure

PAN is a decentralised organisation composed by a network of NGOs, institutions and individuals being coordinated regionally.[3] It doesn't have a central headquarter but five independent, collaborating Regional Centers that implement its projects and campaigns across the world: Pesticide Action Network Africa (PANAF), Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), Pesticides Action Network Europe (PAN EU), Red De Acción En Plaguicidas Y Sus Alternativas De América Latina (RAP-AL), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA).[3][4]

Activity

In 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert was launched by multiple organizations, including Pesticide Action Network North America, to lobby the FDA, Congress and companies to ban or stop using GMOs.[5][6][7] On September 18, 2000, Genetically Engineered Food Alert announced it had identified StarLink, a GMO not approved for human consumption, in some Taco Bell-branded taco shells, leading to the StarLink corn recall.[8]

References

  1. ^ Ulrich Roettger and Reinhold Muschler, ed. (2005). International Symposium on Biopesticides for Developing Countries. Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. p. 37. ISBN 978-9977-57-403-5.
  2. ^ a b "About | PAN International". Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Pesticide Action Network | UIA Yearbook Profile | Union of International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. ^ "PAN Regional Centers | PAN International". Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ Internet Archive capture of Genetically Engineered Food Alert webpage, August 17, 2000
  6. ^ Margot Roosevelt for Time Magazine. Monday, Jul. 31, 2000 Inside The Protests: Taking It To Main Street
  7. ^ Staff, The Progress Report. New Coalition Acts Against GM Food Dangers Archived 2014-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Marc Kaufman for the Washington Post. September 18, 2000 Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells; Gene-Modified Variety Allowed Only for Animal Feed Because of Allergy Concerns Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine


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