Immediate release (27 Jun 2013)
Tesco broke its promise to phase out GM animal feed, badly letting down its customers and breaking commitments made in the company’s corporate social responsibility report, GM Freeze said today on the eve of the Tesco AGM. [1] In 1999 …
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Immediate release (25 Jun 2013)
The iconic US Monarch butterfly is suffering a serious drop in numbers as result of the widespread adoption of GM Roundup Ready (RR) soya and maize in the US Midwest, GM Freeze said today. A new briefing summarises the science …
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Immediate release (21 Jun 2013)
The EU must not repeat the mistakes that lead to the emergence of US glyphosate resistant “superweeds”, and it must reject Monsanto’s toxic “platform” to control them, said GM Freeze and the Pesticide Action Network UK in a briefing published …
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Immediate release (20 Jun 2013)
GM Freeze said today that Owen Paterson’s support for GM crops is based on poor and partial information, that proposed policy changes will have to be agreed by the EU and could make UK food exports to EU markets more …
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Immediate release (20 Jun 2013)
GM Freeze today challenged the UK Government to justify its position on GM crops following recent declarations by the Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and Minister for Science that the UK should embrace GM …
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Immediate release (14 Jun 2013)
Commenting on the Government’s approval of the Rothamsted Research application to extend the GM wheat trial in Hertfordshire GM Freeze Campaign Director Pete Riley said: GM Freeze is disappointed that the Government has given the go ahead for this trial. …
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Immediate release (13 Jun 2013)
GM Freeze and Friends of the Earth The Government is being urged to take urgent action on pesticides after laboratory tests, published today by Friends of the Earth and GM Freeze found traces of the weedkiller glyphosate in the bodies …
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Immediate release (12 Jun 2013)
UK Government and NFU comments following the results of an informal online poll of farmers conducted by Farmers Weekly disregard market forces in potential markets for UK farmers, GM Freeze said today. [1] The results of an online straw poll …
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Immediate release (4 Jun 2013)
In an open letter to Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board members GM Freeze urged the agency to recommend that the Government backs moves to harmonise GM-free labelling across the EU. Such labels should appear both on foods containing GM ingredients …
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Immediate release (3 Jun 2013)
An alliance of 27 organisations, including the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, Neal’s Yard Remedies, the Real Bread Campaign and War on Want, today issued a statement challenging Rothamsted Research, the Government and funding bodies to be more open …
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