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Gap in the law - there are GMOs in animal feed |
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Milk, meat and eggs from animals which have been fed with GM plants do not have to be labelled. Consumers in Europe are thus unknowingly supporting the cultivation of GM plants. Greenpeace is collecting signatures throughout Europe for a petition for labelling to be made mandatory. They've already collected 900,000 signatures and now need all of us to help make it a million. See the gmwatch website . |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 26 November 2006 )
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EU refuses to fight WTO ruling on GM foods |
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Friends of the Earth Europe has condemned the decision of 21 November by the EU not to contest a controversial ruling by the WTO in the transatlantic trade war over GM foods. The environmental NGO has warned that accepting the ruling, which ignored international environmental agreements, sets a dangerous precedent for future environmental disputes. See the gmwatch website.
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GM contamination affects Spanish organic farmers |
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Organic farmers in Spain are, according to a Reuters article, abandoning maize after finding traces of GM strains in their crops. In 2004 farmers planted 120 hectares of organic maize in Aragon in Spain. All the crop was later found to have been contaminated by GMOs and the following year Aragon logged only 37 hectares of organic grain, data shows. http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7207
See also "GMO contamination in Spain: a warning for Europe - Impossible Coexistence: Seven years of GMOs have contaminated organic and conventional maize: an examination of the cases of Catalonia and Aragon": http://eu.greenpeace.org/downloads/gmo/impossiblecoexistence060404.pdf
This information comes from Lothian and Borders Bio-check: LABB@smcholden.charitydays.co.uk |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 26 November 2006 )
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County Kildare becomes a GM-free zone |
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Dublin, 24 October 2006 - Kildare County Council became the ninth county on the island of Ireland to declare itself a GMO-free zone. See the GM-free Ireland website. |
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Scottish Executive shelves GM crops proposals until after the election |
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The Scottish Executive is repeatedly delaying a crucial consultation on the threat of GM crops. See Farming UK website for an article which appeared in the 20 November 2006 edition of Farming UK. |
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Finnie warned on legality of GM guidelines By Rob Edwards |
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IF Scottish ministers follow the example of Westminster on new rules for growing GM crops they will break European law.
For the full article see http://www.sundayherald.com/58739
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 November 2006 )
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GM Co-existence Proposals |
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"The Government has promised a public consultation on GM co-existence proposals. Now two years later than expected they are published. Unfortunately these proposals are as feared, a blueprint for GM contamination." (Taken from the Biodynamic website.) To see the key elements in the proposal and action you should take go to the Biodynamic website. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 30 September 2006 )
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Is GM a good idea or a bad idea? |
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Vote online. As a result of Lee Silvers controversial essay, Newsweek have invited harles Margulis, an activist at the Center for Food Safety in SanFrancisco, with help from Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist at theCenter and a former scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency toengage the author in a debate on the Web over the merits of GM food. Vote on line, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12921843/site/newsweek |
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