GM Freeze tells new DEFRA officials to manage risks from new GMOs
Immediate release (29 Sep 2025)
Campaign group GM Freeze has today written to newly appointed officials at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs …
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Press releases
GM Freeze lodges complaint over DEFRA seed consultation Campaign group claims consultation is for businesses not the public
Immediate release (9 Apr 2025)
GM Freeze has today complained to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs about its consultation on the marketing of …
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Regulate new GMOs responsibly Civil society organisations tell government
Immediate release (1 Oct 2024)
GM Freeze has today emailed the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs Daniel Zeichner urging him to act with caution …
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GM Freeze sends open letter to supermarkets calling on them to defend customers’ wishes on ‘precision bred’ organisms GM Freeze urges supermarkets to speak up for their customers to the Food Standards Agency
Immediate release (15 Dec 2023)
GM Freeze has today written to the UK’s leading supermarkets calling on them to respond to the current Food Standards Agency …
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GM Freeze lodges complaint to FSA over timing of consultation on Precision Bred Organism regulation The timing will prohibit participation by consumer-focussed businesses, says campaign group
Immediate release (15 Nov 2023)
GM Freeze has today sent an open letter of complaint to the Food Standards Agency regarding the timing of its consultation …
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No gene for system change GM Freeze comments on Farming Minster's support for genetically engineering farmed animals
Comment (25 Jul 2023)
Commenting on the suggestion, based on Farming Minister Mark Spencer’s evidence to an Environmental Audit Committee hearing, that genetically engineering cattle …
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Westminster Bill aims to impose new GMOs on UK citizens GM Freeze comments on the publication of the Government's Genetic Technology Bill
Comment (25 May 2022)
Commenting on the the UK Government’s Genetic Technology Bill – and the news that Environment Minister George Eustice does not believe …
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We need system change not GM ketchup GM tomato won’t address the problem of vitamin D deficiency because poor nutrition is a function of poverty and a broken food system
Comment (23 May 2022)
Commenting on news that the John Innes Centre is growing GM tomatoes under new rules that allow experimental GMOs to be …
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Time for Government to start listening to ordinary people rather than those with a vested interest GM Freeze responds to Environment Minister's comments in the press about planned Genetic Technology Bill
Comment (20 May 2022)
Commenting on an article in The I, in which Environment Secretary George Eustice boasts that the Genetic Technology Bill will be …
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No public support for removal of GM safeguards GM Freeze responds to measures announced in Queen's Speech
Comment (10 May 2022)
Responding to plans for a Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, announced in today’s Queen’s Speech and detailed on page 61 of …
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