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Briefings
This is the full archive of GM Freeze briefings. It is also the archive for briefings from the Five Year Freeze campaign, which ran from which ran from 1999 - 2005. This website was set up in 2011, so some links in older documents may now be broken. If you cannot find something you are looking for please contact coordinator@gmfreeze.org and we'll be happy to help.
2013
- 01 May 2013 Objecting to Rothamsted’s UK GM Winter Wheat Application
- 30 Apr 2013 The Co-op, GM Soya Animal Feed and the Roundtable On Responsible Soy
- 11 Mar 2013 Gene VI in GM Crops: What’s happening and why you should know
- 22 Jan 2013 Designed to Mislead - Reading University survey on GM coexistence
- 10 Jan 2013 Wheat and Oilseed Rape Yields – Factors with the greatest impact and why GM will not make a difference
2012
- 23 Oct 2012 Glyphosate Residues in UK Food 2011
- 16 Oct 2012 GM Nitrogen Fixing Cereals: No silver bullet
- 02 Aug 2012 GM Herbicide Tolerant Crops – Less Equals More
- 22 May 2012 Roundtable on Responsible Soya - The certifying smoke screen
- 03 May 2012 GM Wheat: Cross-pollination and contamination
- 19 Apr 2012 Aphid Control in Wheat without GM
2011
- 13 Dec 2011 In Two Minds - EFSA GMO Panel concedes Bt crop risks but approves with mitigation
- 07 Dec 2011 Papering Over the Cracks: EFSA’s opinion on cultivating GM MON88017 maize in Europe – Mitigation is not enough
- 10 Nov 2011 Insect Resistance to Bt Toxins in GM Insect Resistant Crops
- 31 Oct 2011 The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Biotechnology and Intensive Farming
- 19 Oct 2011 Weed Resistance in RR Crops – An update
- 07 Jul 2011 Objecting to an Application to Trial GM Wheat in Hertfordshire
- 30 Jun 2011 Herbicide Tolerance and GM Crops - Why the world should be ready to round up glyphosate
- 31 May 2011 Plant Breeding and Crop Yields - Can we rely on GM to increase yield?
- 20 May 2011 Maternal and Foetal Exposure to Pesticides Associated to Genetically Modified Foods in Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada
- 05 May 2011 Letter to Caroline Spelman re: EFSA guidance for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants
- 03 May 2011 Blind Faith: An analysis of the DG Sanco report on the socio-economic implications of GMO cultivation
- 01 Jan 2011 Update on Cloning of Animals for Food Production
2010
- 04 Dec 2010 GM Contaminated Oilseed Rape in Somerset: Freedom of information action tribunal hearing
- 16 Sep 2010 GM Salmon: What's happening and what you can do
- 31 Jul 2010 GM in The Dock: US Courts step in where regulators fail
- 31 May 2010 The Case for Banning GM Oilseed Rape in Wales
- 31 May 2010 Thirteen Reasons Why the Roundtable on Responsible Soy will not Provide Responsible or Sustainable Soya Bean Production
- 31 Mar 2010 A Tale of Two Spuds: The tasty alternative to GM potatoes
- 28 Feb 2010 Objecting to an Application to Trial GM Potatoes in Yorkshire
- 28 Feb 2010 Objecting to an Application to Trial GM Potatoes in Norfolk
- 31 Jan 2010 Resistance is Growing: GM herbicide tolerant crops and resistance in weeds
2009
- 30 Nov 2009 GM Flax Contamination from Canada
- 31 Jul 2009 Why Transparency is Essential for GM Test Sites
- 31 Jul 2009 Roundup - Is it safe?
- 30 Jun 2009 Protecting Bees, Beekeepers and Honey from Contamination in Wales
- 30 Jun 2009 Do European Consumers Buy GM Foods?: Critique of European Commission Framework 6 project number 518435
- 30 Jun 2009 Blind Alley: Is Dfid's policy on agriculture in danger of failing to deliver food and environmental security?
- 14 May 2009 GM Nutritionally Enhanced and Altered Crops
- 12 May 2009 Roundtable on Responsible Soy: Can monoculture soy be responsible?
- 28 Feb 2009 Undoing the ISAAA Myths on GM Crops
- 31 Jan 2009 International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA): Global Status Reports on GM Crops
2008
- 31 Dec 2008 Clones in the food chain: They are there, but we don't know where
- 30 Nov 2008 Animal Feed and GM
- 30 Sep 2008 GM and Saline Tolerant Crops
- 31 Aug 2008 Scottish consultation on implementing the European Liability Directive
- 31 Jul 2008 GM and Drought Tolerance
- 31 Jul 2008 New Labour and the IAASTD: Meeting the challenge
- 30 Jun 2008 Feeding the World with GM Crops: Myth or Reality?
- 30 Jun 2008 GM Crops Around the World: An accurate picture
- 10 Mar 2008 GM Rice Contamination - BT63 from China: EU Issues Emergency Measures from 15 April 2008
- 29 Feb 2008 Objecting to an Application to trial GM Potatoes in Yorkshire
- 31 Jan 2008 The International Assessment of Agriculture Science and Technology for Development: A summary of the IAASTD
2007
- 30 Nov 2007 Agrofuels and GM
- 31 May 2007 GM Contamination: Imports of food and feed at risk - measures needed to reduce the threat
- 28 Feb 2007 The Future of Food and Farming: A report summarising three workshops for smaller businesses on a sustainable food chain
- 12 Feb 2007 GMOs and the Environmental Liability Directive: The case for special treatment
- 31 Jan 2007 GM with your Chips?: GM labelling and traceability re: food sold from catering and fast food establishments
2006
- 31 Oct 2006 BASF's Application to Field Test Blight Resistant Potatoes in 2007/08
- 30 Jun 2006 GM Labelling and Traceability: Enforcing enforcement
- 28 Feb 2006 Leaked WTO Dispute Panel Findings
2005
- 30 Nov 2005 GM Food and Crops: Maintaining consumer choice - A report of a survey on the enforcement of the EU GM Traceability and Labelling Regulations
- 31 Mar 2005 An analysis of the findings of the BRIGHT trials with GM herbicide tolerant crops in relation to environmental impact
2004
- 31 Mar 2004 Five Year Freeze Position Statement