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Greenpeace response to consultation on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops

Last edited 23 October 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
23 October, 2006

Summary

The government has published its proposals for managing the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic crops within the UK.

Our position is that the proposals legitimise contamination of organic and conventional crops by GM varieties, putting farmers' livelihoods at risk, endangering public health, and removing the ability of consumers to choose food that is free from GM contamination.

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World's largest rice company bans GM-contaminated imports from US

Posted by jamie — 2 October 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

A selection of different rice varieties

Just weeks after we uncovered US rice on supermarket shelves across Europe, including the UK, containing illegal genetically modified (GM) rice, the scandal continues to grow with more illegal GM rice being discovered. In the latest blow for the GM industry, the world's largest rice processing company has stopped importing US rice into Europe due to the threat of contamination.

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Food Standards Authority faces legal action over GM rice in UK supermarkets

Posted by jamie — 18 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

The rice contamination scandal continues to grow but the Food Standards Agency isn't enforcing the law

It never rains but it pours, and the scandal of US rice contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) variety shows no signs of slowing down. In the latest twist, Friends of the Earth has indicated it intends to launch legal proceedings against the Food Standards Authority (FSA) after finding contaminated rice on sale in UK supermarkets.

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One fifth of US rice contaminated with illegal GM strain

Posted by jamie — 14 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

'Genetic engineering - hands off', the label says on a plate of rice contaminated with an illegal GM variety

Up to one fifth of rice entering the EU is contaminated with an illegal genetically modified (GM) strain from the US. Those are the findings of the European Commission's own investigation into EU rice imports, following the admission in August by the US government that untested strains of GM rice had entered the food chain.

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Illegal GM rice found in the UK

Last edited 5 September 2006 at 8:00am
5 September, 2006

Food products illegally contaminated with genetically modified (GM) rice from China have been discovered in the UK, France and Germany, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace revealed today.

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GM rice contamination reaches the UK

Posted by jamie — 5 September 2006 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Greenpeace has discovered illegal GM (Genetically Modified) rice from China has contaminated food products brought in the UK.

Illegal, genetically modified (GM) rice - unapproved for human consumption and containing a toxin that may cause allergic reactions in humans - has been found in food products in the UK, Germany and France.

Article tagged as: bayer, china, GM, GM rice, UK

Illegal experimental GE rice from China: now entering Europe's food chain

Last edited 4 September 2006 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
1 September, 2006

Summary

Genetically engineered rice, unapproved for human consumption, has been found in food products in France, Germany and the UK. This is in itself a cause for concern but when the strain of illegal GE rice is an experimental one that contains a toxin with potential allergenicity to the public, then this is truly alarming for a staple food that feeds half the world's population.

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GM Trial updates

Last edited 6 September 2005 at 8:00am
Trial defendants in Cardiff

Trial defendants in Cardiff

 

15 September 2005

The defence for the Greenpeace volunteers finished yesterday with testimonies from two further defendants. Nicole Cook and Huw Williams both boarded the Etoile and spent the duration of the action on deck.

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GM on trial

Posted by bex — 31 August 2005 at 8:00am - Comments

Thirteen Greenpeace volunteers go on trial at Cardiff Crown Court on 1 September facing a charge of 'public nuisance'. This charge relates to their part in temporarily stopping a shipment of GM feed off the coast of South Wales last June.

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Thirteen Greenpeace volunteers in court after delaying massive GM import

Last edited 30 August 2005 at 8:00am
30 August, 2005

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Thirteen Greenpeace volunteers involved in delaying a 125,000-tonne ship from docking at Bristol and unloading a huge cargo of American genetically modified (GM) animal feed face trial at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday 1st September on charges of causing a public nuisance.

The defendants will arrive at the court at 9.30am Thursday morning.

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