GM Freeze letters

2012

• To Secretary of State Paterson re: Life-long feeding trial of GM herbicide tolerant maize NK603 (see press release: New Long-term Study: Higher death, cancer rates in rats fed GM RR maize)
• To Secretary of State Paterson re: Glyphosate tolerant GM soyabean ‘40-3-2’
• To Secretary of State Paterson re: EU zero tolerance policy to unauthorised GMOs in food
• To Commissioner Dalli re: Public engagement on GM animals/clones and conflicts of interest (See press release: GM Animals: Farmers warned of backlash, Dalli challenged on vested interests)

• To Lord Rooker, Chair of the FSA re: Food Standards Agency (FSA) position and public information on the presence of GM DNA material in animal products (See press release: FSA Public Information on GM DNA in Food Out of Step with Science)

            FSA reply 3 August 2012 here

            GM Freeze response 20 August 2012 here

• To Secretary of State Caroline Spelman re: Zero Tolerance of unauthorised GMOs in food (See press release: Spelman and Supermarkets Urged to Block EC Plan for Untested GMOs in Food)

            Response (from FSA) 20 July 2012 here

• To Secretary of State Caroline Spelman re: Danish proposals on devolved decision making on GM cultivation (See press release: UK Must Reject Danish GM Reforms)

            Defra reply 20 March 2012 here

2011

• To Secretary of State Caroline Spelman re: legality of imports of Canadian contaminated flax (See press release EU Imports of Canadian Flax Resumed - Legality questioned)  

            Defra reply 15 November 2012 here

• To Secretrary of State Caroline Spelman re: Canadian study detecting Bt toxin in human blood (See press release Whole GM Toxins in Human and Foetal Blood – GM crops/imports must halt)

            Reply (from FSA) 24 June 2011 here

• To Seretary of State Carolne Spelman re: need to reject Commission's paper on socio-economic impacts of cultviating GMOs. (See press release: GM Crops and Socio-economics: Dalli document misses all the main points)

• To Secretary of State Caroline Spelman and annex re: EFSA guidance on risk assesment of GM plants (signed by 19 organisations. See press release: Groups press Spelman for real reform on GM Crop Risk Assessment)

• To Secretary of State Caroline Spelman re: Zero Tolerance of unauthorised GMOs in animal feed (See press release: Spelman Urged to Reject EC Plans to Drop GM Zero Tolerance Policy)

            Reply (from FSA) 10 March 2012 here