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Wed 06 Jun 2007Sargent to act quickly on issue of GM-free foodThe first moves to have Ireland move to where it can claim its food is produced without the aid of GM feed will be made soon by Minister for Food Trevor Sargent.On his first official engagement as Minister of State for Agriculture with responsibility for food and horticulture, Mr Sargent said yesterday there was an urgency to move on the GM issue. "I have been getting reports from our markets in Italy and France that they are increasingly moving in the direction of requiring that produce be fed on GM-free feed," he said.