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Immediate release (5 May 2011)
An alliance of 19 environment, consumer and sustainable development groups from across Europe recently wrote to Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman [1] calling for major changes to the draft risk assessment procedures companies will have to follow when applying …
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Immediate release (3 May 2011)
A working document prepared by EU Commissioner John Dalli [1] on the socio-economic impacts of cultivating GM crops in Europe fails to cover many important negative impacts of GM cultivation and does not meet Member States’ demand for a full …
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Immediate release (22 Mar 2011)
Sainsbury’s decision to join other UK supermarkets on the Roundtable of Responsible Soy (RTRS) badly lets down their customers who are increasingly calling for honest and reliable information so they can choose more sustainable food, said GM Freeze today. The …
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Immediate release (21 Mar 2011)
A US jury has awarded the US company Riceland Foods Inc. US$136.8 million after court action over the 2006 contamination of US long grain rice stocks with Bayer’s unapproved experimental GM rice LL601. [1] This award follows several others in …
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Immediate release (10 Mar 2011)
Following an appeal by GM Freeze, an Information Tribunal has upheld Defra’s decision to keep secret the location of a field of winter oilseed rape in Somerset contaminated with a GM trait in 2008. The Tribunal ruled that levels of …
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Immediate release (22 Feb 2011)
Today EU Members States (including the UK) voted in favour of a European Commission proposal to allow low levels of unapproved GM traits in imports of animals feed. [1] This vote ends the EU’s policy of zero tolerance to unapproved …
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Immediate release (22 Feb 2011)
GM crops occupy just 3% of global agricultural land according to industry data released today. The annual ISAAA report on the status of GM crops around the world shows a total area of 148 million hectares, representing just 3% of …
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Immediate release (8 Feb 2011)
In response to a Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation, GM Freeze has called for interim legislation to bring the current presence of the offspring of clones in the UK under regulatory control. [1] Last August it was revealed that meat …
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Immediate release (7 Feb 2011)
GM Freeze today urged Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman to reject European Commission (EC) plans that would allow the presence of unapproved GMOs in animal feed imports, ending the EU’s policy of zero tolerance to unapproved GM crops. In …
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Immediate release (31 Jan 2011)
Today GM Freeze published a briefing on issues surrounding the introduction of products from the offspring of cloned farm animals into the UK food chain. [1] This new briefing looks at all aspects of cloning, including the current positions of …
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Immediate release (24 Jan 2011)
GM Freeze says the today’s Foresight Report [1] should pay more attention to the skills and knowledge of farmers around the world, their ability to build soil fertility and to increase crop yield using locally available natural resources. GM Freeze …
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Immediate release (19 Jan 2011)
GM Freeze has warmly welcomed the judgement of the French Court in favour of Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini against the French Association of Plant Biotechnologies (FAPB) and a member of its staff for defamation announced today. [1] Professor Séralini sued FAPB …
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Immediate release (19 Jan 2011)
A new study [1] of the safety data on GM Brinjal (eggplant or aubergine) backs up the Indian Government’s decision to place a moratorium on its approval in February 2010. [2] The study reviews the toxicity data submitted by Monsanto’s …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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