Meat claimed as invention by multinational company of Monsanto

(GMWatch) Multinational seed corporations are following a consequent strategy to gain control over basic resources for food production. As recent research shows not only genetically engineered
plants, but more and more the conventional breeding of plants gets into
the focus of patent monopolies: International patent applications in
this sector are skyrocking, having doubled since 2007 till end of 2009.
Further on the multinationals expand their claims over the whole chain
of food production from feed to animals and food products such as meat.
In a pending patent application from Monsanto even bacon and steaks are
claimed: Patent application WO2009097403 is claiming meat stemming from
pigs being fed with the patented genetically engineered plants of
Monsanto. A similar patent is applied for fish from aquaculture in March
2010 (WO201027788). Far reaching patents
on food are even already granted: Monsanto received a European patent
(EP 1356033) in 2009, which the chain of food production from
seeds of genetically engineered plants up to food products such as meal
and oil are covered.
No Patents on Seeds, Press release, 27 April 2010

http://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/index.php?option=com_content&...

*Stop patenting the food chain!

“There is a process going on, multinationals are trying to gain increasing control of the whole chain of food production. Consumers, farmers and food producers are all caught by the same trap. This has to
be regarded as an immoral attempt to abuse patent law. The company is
heading for maximising its profits by filing patents on food while at
the same time one billion people is suffering from hunger,” says
Francois Meienberg from the Berne Declaration.

As experience from the US shows, patents on seeds and increasing market concentration are leading to drastic increase in seed prices, reduced choice in seeds and soaring dependencies for farmers. Meanwhile
the Department of Justice and state attorneys general in several US
states are investigating whether Monsanto Company has abused its market
power to lock out competitors and raise prices in seeds. The coalition
of ‘No Patents on Seeds is warning that market concentration will even
increase if the abuse of patent law is not stopped. The coalition is
supported globally by more than 200 organisations. The organisations are
demanding a clear change in policy and practise of patent offices.
Governments are urged to to revise the patent laws in order to exclude
patents on seeds, animals and parts thereof.

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Overview: International patent applications in genetic engineering of plants and conventional breeding; 1978 – 2009.

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