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News releases
This is the full archive of GM Freeze news releases. It is also the archive for news releases from the Five Year Freeze campaign, which ran from which ran from 1999 - 2005
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2013
- Immediate release (11 Apr 2013) Tesco Statements on Non-GM Poultry Feed Inaccurate and Misleading
- Immediate release (05 Apr 2013) Italy’s GM Maize Ban Tips EU Balance, Leaves UK in the Cold
- Immediate release (11 Mar 2013) Hidden Viral Gene Found in GMOs: Q&A
- Immediate release (20 Feb 2013) The ISAAA "Rose-tinted" GM Survey and What’s Left Out
- Immediate release (11 Feb 2013) Commission Amending Honey Law to Hide GM Pollen
- Immediate release (30 Jan 2013) BASF Drops Key GM Projects
- Immediate release (22 Jan 2013) Designed to Mislead: Inaccurate “coexistence” survey won’t help Government
- Immediate release (21 Jan 2013) Hidden Viral Gene Revealed in GMOs – EFSA’s “Review” Not Enough
- Immediate release (10 Jan 2013) Study: UK crop yields held back by poor soil, agronomy and weather
- Immediate release (09 Jan 2013) FSA: Consumers demand better GM labelling
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2012
- Immediate release (10 Dec 2012) Owen Paterson Wrong on GM Crops
- Immediate release (29 Nov 2012) Wheat Genome Alone Will Not Serve Sustainable Farming
- Immediate release (08 Nov 2012) Biotech and Food Companies Kick GM Label Hornet Nest in US
- Immediate release (25 Oct 2012) Monsanto Meets Ministers to Push Return of GM Crops to Britain
- Immediate release (23 Oct 2012) French Food Safety Agency: More GM pesticides research needed
- Immediate release (16 Oct 2012) Gates Money for GM Nitrogen Fixing No Silver Bullet
- Immediate release (05 Oct 2012) European Scientists: EU GM Crop Safety Testing Flawed
- Immediate release (03 Oct 2012) GM Calf Research Ignores Ethical Problems, Raises Safety Concerns
- Immediate release (19 Sep 2012) New Long-term Study: Higher death, cancer rates in rats fed GM RR maize
- Immediate release (12 Sep 2012) Government Rejects Environmental Audit Committee Call for Tighter GM Controls
- Immediate release (05 Sep 2012) GM Animals: Farmers warned of backlash, Dalli challenged on vested interests
- Immediate release (02 Aug 2012) Olympic Sponsor Speeds Up Pesticide Arms Race
- Immediate release (31 Jul 2012) FSA Public Information on GM DNA in Food Out of Step with Science
- Embargoed (15 Jul 2012) Gates Bankrolls GM Nitrogen Fixing, More Important Work Starved of Funds
- Immediate release (04 Jul 2012) EU Food Authorities Pave Way for Meat and Milk from GM Animals
- Immediate release (27 Jun 2012) Spelman and Supermarkets Urged to Block EC Plan for Untested GMOs in Food
- Immediate release (11 Jun 2012) Dane’s Bid to Revive EU Commission GM Cultivation Plan Fails Again
- Immediate release (22 May 2012) Roundtable on Responsible Soya - The certifying smoke screen
- Immediate release (11 May 2012) Patents Ban on Plants and Animals Welcomed
- Immediate release (03 May 2012) GM Wheat Outcrosses Six Times More Than Non-GM
- Advance notice (19 Apr 2012) Food Chain Says “No Thanks!” to GM Wheat
- Immediate release (04 Apr 2012) Morrisons new offer: GM-fed eggs for Easter
- Immediate release (29 Mar 2012) Rothamsted’s GM Wheat – “A step backwards for farming”
- Immediate release (26 Mar 2012) Morrisons Ignores Customers, Piles Pressure on Farmers
- Immediate release (12 Mar 2012) Danish Proposal on GM Law Reform Fails to Find Favour
- Immediate release (08 Mar 2012) Biased Questions Undermine British Science Association GM Food Poll
- Immediate release (05 Mar 2012) UK Must Reject Danish GM Reforms
- Embargoed (01 Mar 2012) Growing GM Wheat in the UK – New campaign says “No Thanks!”
- Immediate release (27 Feb 2012) Bravo the French – UK should support French call to ban GM maize
- Immediate release (08 Feb 2012) Food Herbicide Residues Set to Rise As Much As 150 Times
- Immediate release (07 Feb 2012) Losing the Battle and the War – Annual ISAAA “State of Play” report a fudge
- Immediate release (25 Jan 2012) Monsanto Bow to French Ban on GM Maize Seed in 2012
- Immediate release (17 Jan 2012) France Determined to Continue GM Maize Ban
- Immediate release (11 Jan 2012) GM Maizes Threaten EU Water - Another reason to ban glyphosate
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2011
- Immediate release (19 Dec 2011) EC Toughens Checks as China Fails to Stop GM Rice Contamination
- Immediate release (13 Dec 2011) EFSA Admits Bt Maize Threat to Butterflies, Gives Green Light Regardless
- Immediate release (07 Dec 2011) Monsanto EU GM Maize Plans Undermined by Damning US Report
- Immediate release (22 Nov 2011) Rothamsted’s GM Wheat “Remodel” is High Risk Option
- Immediate release (10 Nov 2011) Insects Developing Resistance to GM Bt Crops
- Immediate release (31 Oct 2011) Gates Foundation “Swimming Against a Tide of Informed Opinion”
- Immediate release (19 Oct 2011) RR Crops to Raise the White Flag?
- Immediate release (17 Oct 2011) EU Imports of Canadian Flax Resumed - Legality questioned
- Immediate release (16 Sep 2011) Defra Approval of UK GM Wheat Trial a Mistake
- Immediate release (07 Sep 2011) EU Court of Justice: Contaminated honey needs GM authorisation
- Immediate release (31 Aug 2011) It’s Official: Glyphosate used on GM crops found in US rivers, rainfall
- Immediate release (17 Aug 2011) Call to Reject UK GM Wheat Application
- Immediate release (01 Aug 2011) GM Freeze Welcomes Commons Call to Make Science Data Public
- Immediate release (15 Jul 2011) Rothamsted Cuts to Agroecology “Swimming Against the Tide” – GM Freeze
- Immediate release (11 Jul 2011) BASF Pulls the Plug on New GM Crop Development in the EU
- Immediate release (07 Jul 2011) Defra Should Reject GM Wheat
- Immediate release (07 Jul 2011) HoL Carter Report Lacks Balance Between Husbandry, Market and Technology
- Immediate release (30 Jun 2011) The Human Cost of the War on Superweeds
- Immediate release (21 Jun 2011) New Government GM Policy – Westminster realising GM doesn’t deliver?
- Immediate release (15 Jun 2011) Government Backs High Security GM Test Sites
- Immediate release (20 May 2011) Whole GM Toxins in Human and Foetal Blood – GM crops/imports must halt
- Immediate release (16 May 2011) Sweden heads for GM-free status: UK should follow
- Immediate release (05 May 2011) Groups press Spelman for real reform on GM Crop Risk Assessment
- Immediate release (03 May 2011) GM Crops and Socio-economics: Dalli document misses all the main points
- Immediate release (22 Mar 2011) Sainsbury’s Joins Misleading “Responsible” Soy Club – Customers let down
- Immediate release (21 Mar 2011) Jury: Bayer to Pay Record Damages for US GM Rice Contamination
- Immediate release (10 Mar 2011) Tribunal Decides: Somerset GM contamination site should be kept secret
- Immediate release (22 Feb 2011) EU Votes to Allow Unapproved GM Crops in Imported Animal Feed
- Immediate release (22 Feb 2011) GM Crops Still a Tiny Part of World Agriculture
- Immediate release (08 Feb 2011) Call for UK Legislation to Control Cloned Products
- Immediate release (07 Feb 2011) Spelman Urged to Reject EC Plans to Drop GM Zero Tolerance Policy
- Immediate release (31 Jan 2011) New Briefing on Cloning Farm Animals
- Immediate release (24 Jan 2011) Top-Down Foresight Report: Techno-fix "Solutions" Over Farmers' Skills
- Immediate release (19 Jan 2011) French GM Whistleblower Wins Defamation Case Against Biotech Industry Body
- Immediate release (19 Jan 2011) New study backs up India’s ban on GM Brinjal
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2010
- Advance notice (03 Dec 2010) Freedom of Information Tribunal To Decide on Contamination Site Secrecy
- Immediate release (26 Nov 2010) Government Must Consider All Issues on Cloned Animals
- Immediate release (12 Nov 2010) GM Freeze says Zero Should Mean Zero – No imports of untested GMOs
- Immediate release (05 Nov 2010) C4 Documentary Misses Many Important GM Issues
- Immediate release (28 Oct 2010) EU Zero Tolerance Proposals “Completely Unacceptable”
- Immediate release (12 Oct 2010) Deep Concern over Spelman’s Position on Cloning
- Immediate release (17 Sep 2010) Decision to Abandon FSA GM Dialogue Welcomed
- Immediate release (16 Sep 2010) FSA Should Not Throw in Towel on Clone Milk Application - Call for legislation
- Immediate release (17 Aug 2010) USDA’s Illegal GM Sugar Beet Approval Revoked – Judge criticises USDA
- Immediate release (02 Aug 2010) FSA Needs to Get a Grip on Cloned Milk Sales
- Immediate release (30 Jul 2010) European Commission Presses Ahead with GM Import Approvals
- Immediate release (23 Jul 2010) Commission Pushes Ahead with GM Crop Proposals - 11 key questions
- Immediate release (21 Jul 2010) GM In the Dock: US courts step in where safety regulators fail
- Immediate release (13 Jul 2010) EU Proposals on GM Crop Approvals Uncceptable Until All Issues Tackled
- Immediate release (08 Jul 2010) MEP Votes Undermine Cameron on Food Labels
- Immediate release (30 Jun 2010) UK Votes for All Six GM Applications in Europe, but No Majority
- Immediate release (24 Jun 2010) Open Letter: Growing Opposition to Round Table on Responsible Soy
- Immediate release (16 Jun 2010) Asda Customers Reject Company Policy on GM Animal Feed
- Advance notice (15 Jun 2010) Two-thirds Want GM to be Kept Off their Plates – New opinion poll
- Immediate release (08 Jun 2010) RTRS Soybeans Lables Misleading - Supermarket honesty urged
- Immediate release (07 Jun 2010) GM Potatoes – Expensive and Unproven: £1.7 million and 10 Years for One Trial
- Immediate release (02 Jun 2010) FSA's GM 'Dialogue' in Chaos as Second Steering Committee Member Resigns
- Immediate release (27 May 2010) Pro-GM Bias in FSA 'Dialogue' Contractors: Heads Should Roll
- Immediate release (20 May 2010) Syn-bio Organisms Need Public Scrutiny and Controls – Moratorium call
- Immediate release (25 Mar 2010) GM Freeze Response: NFU Scotland Call for More GM "Train Wrecks"
- Immediate release (19 Mar 2010) A Tale of Two Spuds: The Tasty Alternative to GM Potatoes
- Immediate release (08 Mar 2010) Monsanto's Bt Cotton Hits Resistance Trouble in India, New Pests Emerge
- Immediate release (02 Mar 2010) EC Forces Through "Bad Decision" on GM Industrial Potato - Ignores health risks
- Immediate release (23 Feb 2010) GM Crop Expansion Limited in 2009 - ISAAA figures down in seven countries
- Immediate release (09 Feb 2010) GM Freeze Welcomes GM Brinjal Decision
- Immediate release (09 Feb 2010) Bayer Hit By US$1.5 Million Penalty for Failure to Control GM Rice
- Immediate release (26 Jan 2010) Major Concern About Appointment of GM Scientist as CEO of Rothamsted Research
- Immediate release (19 Jan 2010) GM Herbicide Tolerant Crops Escalate the Herbicide Arms Race
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2009
- Immediate release (25 Nov 2009) FSA GM Dialogue Must Put Citizens First
- Immediate release (18 Nov 2009) GM Freeze Calls for Re-Think on Research Priorities as Warwick HRI Merges
- Immediate release (05 Nov 2009) Illegal GM Flax Found in UK Bread – FSA Fails to Protect Consumers
- Immediate release (04 Nov 2009) France to Introduce GM-free Labelling
- Immediate release (23 Oct 2009) Comment on Royal Society Report: Re-invigorate UK Non-GM Research
- Immediate release (08 Oct 2009) Illegal GM Flax Now in 30 Counties Including UK - No official action from FSA
- Immediate release (23 Sep 2009) Illegal GM Flax in 10 EU Countries? - FSA still fails to act in UK
- Immediate release (14 Sep 2009) Illegal GM Contaminates Flax - UK Fails to Respond
- Immediate release (14 Aug 2009) Egypt’s Ban on GM Food “Sensible” – GM Freeze
- Immediate release (13 Aug 2009) Defra/FSA Ignore Food Security as They Try to Please the GM Lobby
- Immediate release (10 Aug 2009) GM Jam Tomorrow Is Not a Sound Foundation for Food Security
- Immediate release (29 Jul 2009) GM Freeze Calls for Openness and Transparency on GM Test Sites
- Immediate release (20 Jul 2009) DFID’s Agricultural Research Strategy Heading Down a Blind Alley
- Immediate release (30 Jun 2009) Cautious Welcome for Welsh Measures on GM Coexistence
- Immediate release (24 Jun 2009) GM Freeze Condemns EU Farm Ministers on Meat from Cloned Animals
- Immediate release (12 Jun 2009) Dow GM Soya Crop: A Step Back into the Dark Ages
- Immediate release (28 May 2009) GM Freeze Responds to Attack on Academy Of Environmental Medicine
- Immediate release (15 May 2009) Talk: "What Risks for What Benefits for GMOs and Pesticides?"
- Immediate release (14 May 2009) New Report Undermines Vatican Meeting
- Immediate release (12 May 2009) Responsible Soy Not Possible with GM and Monocultures
- Immediate release (14 Apr 2009) Germans Ban GM Maize
- Immediate release (24 Feb 2009) GM Freeze Welcomes Wales' GM-Free Resolve
- Immediate release (18 Feb 2009) ECJ Ruling Scuppers Plans for Secret GM Test Sites
- Immediate release (11 Feb 2009) Undoing the ISAAA Myths on GM Crops
- Immediate release (22 Jan 2009) Industry GM Crop Figures Massaged: EU Four Times Too High for 2007
- Immediate release (10 Jan 2009) Key Investigation Questions on Somerset GM Oilseed Rape Contamination
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2008
- Immediate release (16 Dec 2008) UK Companies Not Prepared for Clones – Consumers Could be Left in Dark
- Immediate release (27 Nov 2008) Horizon Fails to Say GM Banana Not Working – BBC warned in advance
- Immediate release (24 Sep 2008) Joint Open Letter to Royal Society re: Crop Production Study
- Immediate release (12 Sep 2008) GM Freeze Calls for Thorough Investigation of GM Contamination Incident
- Immediate release (14 Aug 2008) GM Freeze Welcome Prince Charles’s Comments on GM Crops
- Immediate release (28 Jul 2008) GM Test Locations Should Remain Public says GM Freeze
- Immediate release (07 Jul 2008) Cabinet Office Food Report Lacks Balanced Analysis on GM
- Immediate release (19 Jun 2008) Brown and Woolas Short on GM Facts and History
- Immediate release (17 Jun 2008) Non-GM Crops Dominate in World Agriculture
- Immediate release (09 May 2008) Defra Approve GM Potatoes Application
- Immediate release (25 Apr 2008) Debenham’s GM Ban Welcomed
- Immediate release (15 Apr 2008) GM Freeze Calls for Response To IAASTD Report Challenges
- Immediate release (02 Apr 2008) Science and Agriculture Panel Urged: Don't Be Taken in by GM Hype
- Immediate release (27 Mar 2008) lllegal GM Rice “Unsafe” Says FSA
- Immediate release (08 Mar 2008) Urgent Action Needed on Illegal GM Rice Contamination
- Immediate release (14 Feb 2008) World Remains Highly Dependent on Conventionally-Bred Crops
- Immediate release (25 Jan 2008) GM Freeze Supports SynBio Moratorium Call After Artificial Gene Assembled
- Immediate release (18 Jan 2008) Call on IAASTD to Press on Despite Biotech Industry Taking Their Ball Home
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2007
- Immediate release (17 Dec 2007) Chief Scientist's Misleading GM Claims: GM Freeze calls for a public apology
- Immediate release (27 Nov 2007) FSA Face GM Rice Review - GM Freeze demands select committee oversight
- Immediate release (27 Nov 2007) King Exaggerates GM Progress
- Immediate release (27 Nov 2007) FSA Face GM Rice Review
- Immediate release (08 Nov 2007) Defra GM Consultation Farce
- Immediate release (31 Oct 2007) Internal Documents Reveal Government Collusion with Industry on GM Potato Trial
- Immediate release (30 Oct 2007) GM Freeze Welcomes Suspension of GM Crops in France
- Immediate release (25 Oct 2007) Key Questions for the FSA's GM Rice Contamination Review
- Immediate release (08 Oct 2007) GM Rice Contamination Remains a Mystery
- Immediate release (27 Jul 2007) FSA GMO Sampling Plans Ignore Vital Research
- Immediate release (08 Jun 2007) Food and Feed Imports at Risk from GM Contamination
- Immediate release (14 May 2007) GM Potato Trial Cancellation has Wider Implications
- Immediate release (10 May 2007) Extension Demanded to Outrageously Short EC Consult on GM Contamination of Seeds
- Immediate release (04 May 2007) GM Freeze Welcomes Patent Office Decision to Revoke Monsanto Monopoly
- Immediate release (24 Apr 2007) GM Freeze Calls for Honesty from BASF and Defra on GM Spud Trials
- Immediate release (12 Apr 2007) Vigilance Still Needed on GM Rice Contamination
- Immediate release (14 Mar 2007) Calls for GM Spud Trials to be Scrapped after Dutch Court Ruling
- Immediate release (06 Mar 2007) Freeze Calls for Prompt FSA Action After Further US GM Rice Contamination
- Immediate release (28 Feb 2007) GM Spuds – Industry can’t agree on blight costs
- Immediate release (23 Feb 2007) GM Freeze Welcomes Judge's List of Mistakes in FSA Handling of GM Rice
- Immediate release (12 Feb 2007) Environmental Liability – Make GMOs a special case
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2006
- Immediate release (01 Dec 2006) Irish Showed the Way to Mash GM Spuds but Defra throws Caution to the Wind
- Immediate release (10 Nov 2006) GM Freeze Welcomes Sainsbury’s Resignation
- Immediate release (19 Oct 2006) Labour's GM Contamination 'Legally Flawed'
- Immediate release (29 Sep 2006) Defra Airbrush Gardeners and Beekeepers in GM Contamination Proposals
- Immediate release (29 Sep 2006) Lights Stay Amber for GM Products - US victory claims don't reflect ruling
- Immediate release (15 Sep 2006) EU Food Safety Watchdog Admits Too Little Information to Confirm GM Rice Safe
- Immediate release (04 Sep 2006) Key Questions for FSA on GM Rice Contamination: 2% detection limit condemned
- Immediate release (20 Jul 2006) Defra GM Growing Proposals Condemned As Charter for Contamination
- Immediate release (13 Jun 2006) GM Freeze Condemns France for GM Pharming Test Sites
- Immediate release (11 May 2006) WTO GM Judgment – EU should stand firm
- Immediate release (11 Apr 2006) Bt Documents Reveal Lack of Urgency in Food Standards Agency Response
- Immediate release (03 Apr 2006) Global Moratorium on GM Terminator Technology Upheld
- Immediate release (22 Mar 2006) Terminator Seeds – Poor farmers could face billions in extra seed bills
- Advance notice (15 Mar 2006) The Battle in Brazil: Lines drawn in Terminator seed fight
- Immediate release (10 Mar 2006) Commission Attempts to Force GM Contamination Blueprint on Member States
- Immediate release (28 Feb 2006) Leaked WTO Report Fails to Make a Decision on GM Safety
- Immediate release (21 Feb 2006) Monsanto May Commercialize Terminator: Alliance calls for ban
- Immediate release (17 Feb 2006) African NGOs tell Ministers: Say “No” to Terminator Technology
- Immediate release (09 Feb 2006) Role of WTO in GM Food Complaint Challenged
- Immediate release (07 Feb 2006) EU Citizens Will Decide on GM, Not US/WTO Bullying
- Immediate release (02 Feb 2006) NGOs Hit Out at Australia, Canada, New Zealand for Opening Door to Terminator
- Embargoed (22 Jan 2006) GM Labelling Watchdogs Need Better Leadership and More Cash
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2005
- Immediate release (22 Dec 2005) Europe Plans to Allow GM Contamination of Organic Food
- Immediate release (07 Dec 2005) DFID Ignores Evidence on GM
- Immediate release (25 Oct 2005) GM Freeze Condemns Terminator Gene Patents Decisions
- Immediate release (30 Sep 2005) GM Oilseed Survives Longer in Soil - New blow to EU coexistence plans
- Immediate release (26 Aug 2005) British Retailers Call On Brazil To Stand Firm On GM-Free Soya
- Immediate release (10 Aug 2005) GM Freeze Continues
- Immediate release (21 Mar 2005) European GM Crop Co-existence Recommendations Legally Flawed
- Immediate release (21 Mar 2005) Government to Publish Final Results of Farm Scale Evaluations of GM Crops
- Immediate release (21 Mar 2005) Latest FSE Results Are No Justification for GM Go Ahead
- Immediate release (15 Mar 2005) New Study Overturns Claimed Wildlife Benefits of GM Crops
- Immediate release (08 Feb 2005) Morley Urged to Oppose Terminator Genes
- Immediate release (19 Jan 2005) GM Sugar Beet Research Leaves Wildlife Short of Grub
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2004
- Immediate release (16 Dec 2004) GM Seeds - And then There Were None