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Jan 08 08 08:09a SeaPics,corn 808-329-6659 n.3 GMO Position (page 2) WHEREAS, while it is recognized that the Kona Coffee Farmers Association has no regulatory auth 19ty nor scientific competence to regulate the release and development of GM crops, the KCFA may legitimately respond to the concerns of farmers and others with a stake in the future of Kona's gounmul coffee industry, and may further express such concerns to those agencies and institutions responsible for the development, permitting, oversight and regulation of GM crops. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE KONA COFFEE FARMERS ASSOCIATION, liar the Kona Coffee Farmers Association opposes the introduction of genetically modified coffee pi,.nm the state of Hawaii and requests the following: I_ A moratorium on the release of genetically modified coffee plants into the state of iiawaii until a regulatory regime has been adopted that includes extensive evaluation of genetic con;:unira^ pollen drift and other environmental consequences and secondary ecological effects. 2. A statute, regulation, and/or rule that liability for any external costs to individuals and the environment caused by physical spillover effects, such as genetic contamination from pollen drift must be borne b} the growers, manufacturers and distributors of genetically engineered plants. 3. In conjunction with the establishment of an adequate regulatory regime as outlined i n item (I ) abo vc, a requirement that genetically modified plantings to be explicitly labeled as such, and neighboring properties notified--the costs of such labeling and notification to be borne by the owner or lessee of the planted land. 4. A requirement that any coffee produced from genetically modified plants to be explicitly labeled .l; such at every stage of its production through to sale to provide adequate information to pr; •co~sOr:, a,;.' consumers--the costs of such labeling and verification to be borne by the growers and ;processors of the genetically modified coffee. Ken Sheppard - President January 2007 RATIONALE BEHIND OUR POSITION Will GM Coffee grown in Hawaii affect Kona orchards? Yes, here's wvhv..- • The APHIS database (publicly available on the web) lists three projects of tescnK t'ti. A t;-xsc, ri nlamc g, I . h..b...u ui ere d1.stmyedm Decem[xr _Utx1- Icufay Cl-AFI<doec nn[ll;lve `I, U.. In auc ti Oil tJ tIhCzC. tilei2 rill ^s:-.~nrn: a:: iao rtnr.a by lntaarains t'rtrPr':': ~6nn3noi.^c :::'1:: 14a1 rtn nrt a to h: • Dr Bittenbender of UH reported to the HCA "if the current coffee genetic engineering program on nernai c,& resistance advances to field testing then CfAHR and for HARC may request a permit to test in a nematode -la 'fL Kona coffee industry does not need to be consulted or notified when these f id I Z1 %7 1 . and they too have no strueteae in place to - -