Press releases

News releases and comments from GM Freeze are listed below.

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Freedom of Information Tribunal To Decide on Contamination Site Secrecy

Advanced notice (3 Dec 2010)

Tribunal hearing: 10am, 6 December 2010 Court Room 5, Audit House, 58, Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DS GM Freeze have appealed to a First Tier Tribunal under the Environmental Information Regulation (2004) in an attempt to reveal the precise location …
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Government Must Consider All Issues on Cloned Animals

Immediate release (26 Nov 2010)

GM Freeze is calling on the Government to look at all issues, including food safety, animal welfare, ethics and socio-economics, before deciding whether to allow cloned animals, their off-spring and products into the UK. Today the Advisory Committee on Novel …
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GM Freeze says Zero Should Mean Zero – No imports of untested GMOs

Immediate release (12 Nov 2010)

GM Freeze today described the European Commission’s “Technical Solution” to the low-level presence of unauthorised GMOs in feed imports as “a solution without a problem”. The EC want to drop the current zero tolerance policy toward unauthorised GMOs in imports …
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C4 Documentary Misses Many Important GM Issues

Immediate release (5 Nov 2010)

GM Freeze welcomes the chance provided by the C4 Documentary “What the Green Movement Got Wrong” to debate whether GM crops offer a sustainable solution for future food supply and land management but says the programme fails to address many …
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EU Zero Tolerance Proposals “Completely Unacceptable”

Immediate release (28 Oct 2010)

This week’s announcement that the European Commission is proposing to allow up to 0.1% GM content in animal feed from unapproved traits [1] has been described by GM Freeze as “completely unacceptable” and not based on evidence. Very few animal …
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Deep Concern over Spelman’s Position on Cloning

Immediate release (12 Oct 2010)

GM Freeze has expressed “serious concern” following reports that Defra will review whether the offspring of cloned animals should be classified as Novel Foods and therefore require and approval before entering the food chain. [1] At a meeting at last …
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Decision to Abandon FSA GM Dialogue Welcomed

Immediate release (17 Sep 2010)

GM Freeze welcomed Science Minister David Willets’ announcement that the Food Standards Agency’s planned GM Dialogue will be abandoned. The FSA’s GM dialogue was being planned at the bequest of the previous government in collaboration with ScienceWise and the Central …
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FSA Should Not Throw in Towel on Clone Milk Application – Call for legislation

Immediate release (16 Sep 2010)

GM Freeze has written to the Government Ministers calling for interim legislation to enable cloned cattle imports and their of offspring to be fully traceable and labelledto prevent them entering the food chain. At yesterday’s FSA Board Meeting in Aberdeen, …
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USDA’s Illegal GM Sugar Beet Approval Revoked – Judge criticises USDA

Immediate release (17 Aug 2010)

GM Freeze welcomes the news that the US Federal Court in California revoked the USDA’s approval of Monsanto’s GM “Roundup Ready” sugar beet, prohibiting seed sales, plantings and crop sales until an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is carried out by …
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FSA Needs to Get a Grip on Cloned Milk Sales

Immediate release (2 Aug 2010)

GM Freeze is calling for urgent action by the Food Standards Agency to ensure that no milk from cloned dairy cows enters the food chain and for procedures to be put in place to prevent the import of cloned embryos …
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European Commission Presses Ahead with GM Import Approvals

Immediate release (30 Jul 2010)

Concerns from Member States about the safety of six GM maize varieties did not stop the European Commission approving all six GM applications for import for food and feed this week. Last month’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council failed to deliver …
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GM In the Dock: US courts step in where safety regulators fail

Immediate release (21 Jul 2010)

Today GM Freeze published GM in the Dock, a series of three briefings examining a number of US court cases covering the legality of the authorisation of GM crops, the failure to protect farmers from contamination and the consolidation of …
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EU Proposals on GM Crop Approvals Uncceptable Until All Issues Tackled

Immediate release (13 Jul 2010)

Proposals due to be presented today by the European Commission to speed up EU approvals of GMOs for cultivation by claiming to introduce a right to ban GM cultivation at national level should be “approached with extreme caution” according to …
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MEP Votes Undermine Cameron on Food Labels

Immediate release (8 Jul 2010)

GM Freeze has written to Prime Minister David Cameron asking for clarification on his policy and approach to GM food labelling after an answer he gave in the House of Commons was undermined by Conservative MEP votes in the EU …
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UK Votes for All Six GM Applications in Europe, but No Majority

Immediate release (30 Jun 2010)

The UK voted in favour of six applications to import GM maize at yesterday’s EU Agriculture Council meeting, but none were approved because no qualified majority votes were achieved. [1] As most EU food companies continue to avoid GM ingredients …
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Open Letter: Growing Opposition to Round Table on Responsible Soy

Immediate release (24 Jun 2010)

The undersigned organisations reject the “responsible” label for soy developed by the Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS). The attempts by the Round Table on Responsible Soy to greenwash large scale genetically modified (GM) soy production by labelling it as …
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Commission Pushes Ahead with GM Crop Proposals – 11 key questions

Immediate release (23 Jun 2010)

The European Commission is pressing on with new procedures governing the approval of GM crops for cultivation at a hastily arranged meeting next week. GM Freeze has written to Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman urging her to get 11 …
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Asda Customers Reject Company Policy on GM Animal Feed

Immediate release (16 Jun 2010)

A new opinion survey carried out by GfK/NOP on behalf of GM Freeze and Friends of the Earth [1] shows that Asda’s decisions about sourcing GM poultry feed are not supported by the majority of its customers. [2] Respondents to …
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Two-thirds Want GM to be Kept Off their Plates – New opinion poll Embargo: 00.01 hours

Advanced notice (15 Jun 2010)

Two-thirds of people in the UK want GM crops to be kept out of the food chain, a new survey reveals today. GM Freeze and Friends of the Earth are urging the Government and supermarkets to listen to public opinion …
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RTRS Soybeans Lables Misleading – Supermarket honesty urged

Immediate release (8 Jun 2010)

The Roundtable of Responsible Soya (RTRS) attempt to greenwash highly damaging soya production as “responsible” has been condemned by an alliance of international environment, farming and consumer organisations, including GM Freeze. The RTRS is due to meet in Brazil on …
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