Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register GE Free NZ for InfoPages here.
GE Free NZ - Latest News [Page 1]
Conflict Of Interests Behind "No Liability" Clause In New Gene Technology Bill
Monday, 4 November 2024, 8:21 pm | GE Free NZ
There must be liability insurance on growers or IP owners to be responsible for contamination spreading to conventional non-GMO, regenerative or organic farms, says Claire Bleakley, president of GE-Free NZ. More >>
Co-existence With GE Crops In New Zealand Is Impossible
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 9:31 pm | GE Free NZ
"Before any GE exemptions or release, MPI must be resourced and funded with the most current analytical tools for GE detection.” said Claire Bleakley, president of GE Free NZ. More >>
Trust The GE Science – Whose?
Friday, 20 September 2024, 5:22 am | GE Free NZ
Removing the ethical and precautionary approach allows the Bio-tech developers to ignore the proper scientific process. It allows the release of patented, dangerous, polluting GE organisms into the farming and horticultural environment, failing New ... More >>
FSANZ Deny Extension On Submission For Deregulation Of Gene Editing
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:46 pm | GE Free NZ
FSANZ are pulling a fast one by not allowing time for people to fully understand the changes. Food produced with New Breeding Techniques (NBT) that include gene editing processes will be hidden from consumers," said Jon Carapiet, spokesman for GE-Free ... More >>
Authorities Deny Farmers And Consumers The Right To Choose
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 3:55 pm | GE Free NZ
“If the FSANZ proposal is adopted, it will effectively be a denial of the right for people to know what they are growing or buying,” said Jon Carapiet. "This denies the right of a growing number of consumers who are moving to buy non-GE products.” More >>
Government’s Rosy View On Biotechnology Doesn’t Match Export Demand For Non-GMO Food
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 4:18 am | GE Free NZ
As countries are grappling with the failures of testing and off-target safety issues that GE has brought, New Zealand has dodged the GE bullet. New Zealand is still GE Free in its environment and commercial food production. More >>
Genetically Engineered Pig-soy A Threat To All Consumers
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:36 pm | GE Free NZ
Consumers are right to be revolted by the threat of a brave new world of eating genetically engineered (GE) soy products that have been engineered with pig genes. The ability for GE pig-soy genes to spread into the environment and out-cross to other varieties ... More >>
GE Watchdog Decision Risks Compromising Protection Of The Environment And Health
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 7:26 pm | GE Free NZ
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released its decision on “null segregants” (APP204173) defining them as "not genetically engineered organisms". In February, Plant and Food applied to the EPA to determine if “null segregants” ... More >>
Otago GE Wasp Project Violates International Gene Drive Agreement
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 9:55 am | GE Free NZ
Professor Dearden, Otago University, has received $11 million from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Enterprise (MBIE) to engineer wasps using gene drive technology. He is only consulting with Māori and regulators, ignoring and side-lining ... More >>
Liberalisation Of Genetic Engineering Threatens The Environment, Farmers And New Zealand
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 10:21 am | GE Free NZ
The coalition governments’ move to loosen biotechnology (GE) regulation is set to let down farmers and consumers and put New Zealand's export reputation at risk. New Zealand's strict genetic engineering laws, under the Hazardous Substances and ... More >>
Liberalisation Of Genetic Engineering Threatens The Environment, Farmers And New Zealand
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 8:56 am | GE Free NZ
The coalition governments’ move to loosen biotechnology (GE) regulation is set to let down farmers and consumers and put New Zealand's export reputation at risk. New Zealand's strict genetic engineering laws, under the Hazardous Substances and ... More >>
Exporters Urged to Speak Up Over Risks of National's Biotechnology Policy
Monday, 30 October 2023, 9:03 pm | GE Free NZ
The National Party announced the policy early in the election proposing harmonisation of international policies. This would allow any new genetic technology (GE) product approved by two of the 38 member intergovernmental organisation, Organisation for ... More >>
GE Free New Zealand Joining The International Day Of Action
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 9:11 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand is joining the International Day of Action to raise awareness of the devastation that the Plantation Forests have on the environment. The Government of Brazil has approved genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus designed to have tolerance ... More >>
Would A U.S. Free Trade Deal Force New Zealand To Adopt GE?
Thursday, 31 August 2023, 2:45 pm | GE Free NZ
Three political parties, National, ACT and TOP, have declared that if they win the election they will “end the ban on GE”. This would allow them to progress a U.S. Free Trade agreement signalled at the last election. It cannot, however, be negotiated ... More >>
New Risks From Proposed Changes To GE Laws
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 3:50 pm | GE Free NZ
The Ministry for the Environment is calling for submissions on changes to the laboratory use and importation of genetically engineered (GE) organisms. The consultation document proposes changes to how the HSNO Act regulates laboratory research of all new organisms ... More >>
Ignorance Around Regulation Of Genetic Modification
Monday, 12 June 2023, 8:28 pm | GE Free NZ
The National Party joins three other parties who are pushing to “end the ban” on genetically modified/engineered organisms (GM/GE) regulation and allow the open release of GE in the New Zealand environment. [1][2] Ms Collins ignorance on the ... More >>
Secret Talks To Allow GE Seeds Without Regulation Threatens New Zealand Farmers
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 11:17 am | GE Free NZ
Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has approved the adoption of Gene Edited (GE) seeds without any regulation, health or safety assessments, traceability or liability and only voluntary disclosure. The deregulation of GE seeds includes ... More >>
International Community Mourns Loss of Leading Advocate for Organic Food
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 6:33 am | GE Free NZ
GE-Free NZ is sad to hear of the passing of Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association. Ronnie Cummins was the founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA); a nonprofit, US-based network of more ... More >>
Impossible Burger Stops Using GMO Soy Protein As Its Main Ingredient In NZ
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:25 am | GE Free NZ
The US manufacturer of the 'Impossible Burger' has revealed that they have stopped using GMO soy as their main ingredient in products exported to New Zealand and Australia. The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) responses from the importer and manufacturer ... More >>
Call For Review Of New Zealand's Approval Of GE Rice
Friday, 21 April 2023, 9:21 am | GE Free NZ
There are renewed concerns about the approval by Food Standard Australia NZ (FSANZ) of GE Golden Rice, following a ruling by The Philippine Supreme Court that Syngenta must “cease and desist” any commercialisation and propagation of the GE rice. ... More >>
