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Huge GM import halted at sea

Last edited 20 June 2004 at 8:00am
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Boarding the MV Etoile

Twelve Greenpeace volunteers have been arrested after they halted a giant cargo vessel laden with GM grain off the coast of Wales.

The 125,000 tonne MV Etoile was bound for Bristol, its GM cargo destined to be used as animal feed for the dairy farms which supply milk to Britain's biggest supermarkets.

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Massive GM delivery blocked at sea by Greenpeace

Last edited 20 June 2004 at 8:00am
20 June, 2004

GM maize was set for supermarket dairy cows

Greenpeace today prevented one of the world's biggest ships from docking at Bristol and unloading a huge cargo of American GM crops.

Four climbers from the environmental group used a jet boat and caving ladders to board the 125,000 tonne ship in the Bristol Channel. The Panamanian-registered MV Etoile has gone to anchor off Rhoose, South Wales.

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Global anti-GM coalition submits case to WTO

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
27 May, 2004

Campaign groups say trade body must not be stooge for biotech

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The public interest Amicus coalition intervention in the WTO GM dispute - a summary

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
27 May, 2004

Summary

A coalition of 15 public interest groups from around the world, including Europe, North and South America and India (the Amicus Coalition ), have joined together to ensure the WTO hears the public's voice in the challenge by the US, Canada and Argentina over the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

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European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products

Last edited 27 May 2004 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2004

Summary
The US, Canada and Argentina are challenging the European Union's de facto moratorium on the approval of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops.

The Amicus Coalition represents a wide range of environmental, consumer and social justice groups lobbying the World Trade Organisation to prevent countries being forced to accept GM products that their consumers do not want.

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Greenpeace cows invade Sainsbury's HQ to return rejected GM milk

Last edited 17 May 2004 at 8:00am
17 May, 2004

Greenpeace today won an agreement from Sainsbury's to meet with them to discuss how the supermarket giant can remove GM from their milk supply.

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60 cows invade Sainsbury's London HQ

Last edited 17 May 2004 at 8:00am
17 May, 2004

'Jamie Oliver' took a herd of cows to Sainsbury's London HQ this morning and told the supermarket giant - "GM milk ain't pukka."

The Greenpeace pantomime cows invaded the building while the Jamie lookalike dumped a thousand pints of Sainsbury's own-brand milk onto the pavement outside the HQ. The supermarket chain produces milk from cows fed on GM. The policy results in thousands of tonnes of GM feed being imported into Britain each year.

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Cows let loose in Sainsbury's to protest against GM milk

Last edited 22 April 2004 at 8:00am
Outside the Greenwich store, London

Outside the Greenwich store, London

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Briefing: GM Crops won't feed the world

Last edited 30 March 2004 at 9:00am
Publication date: 
21 March, 2007

Publication date: February 2004

Summary
It has been a year since the "hunger crisis" erupted in Southern Africa which again highlighted the ongoing threat to food security in that region. While the anticipated crisis in Africa did not emerge, the global food and hunger situation has continued to deteriorate ...

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Greenpeace response to the Environmental Audit Committee report: GM Food - Evaluating the Farm Scale Trials

Last edited 8 March 2004 at 9:00am
8 March, 2004

An influential committee of MPs has today announced that the Government should not commercialise GM maize on the basis of the results of the recent Farm Scale Evaluations (FSE). Amidst rumours that Tony Blair has already decided to give GM maize the go-ahead, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) unanimously agreed that the GM maize trials were "unsatisfactory, indeed invalid." They urge the Government to carry out further tests on GM maize, but this time comparing it to less intensive forms of farming like organic.

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