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Minister Urged to Intervene After Viral Gene Found in Crops
Thursday, 24 January 2013, 9:44 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ is calling for intervention by the new Minister of Food Safety, Nikki Kaye, to direct the Food Standards Authority (FSANZ) to halt its assessment of a new GE soybean resistant to three herbicides, RoundUp, glufosinate and 2,4-D. More >>
Ministry Passes Buck to Disputes Committee On GE Food
Sunday, 20 January 2013, 9:10 am | GE Free NZ
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) has advised GE-Free NZ that the best avenue to express concerns about how GE foods are scientifically assessed is through the Regulatory Disputes Select Committee. More >>
Approval of GE Salmon is a Concern for New Zealand
Thursday, 10 January 2013, 11:08 am | GE Free NZ
Approval of GE Salmon is a Concern for New Zealand (GE-Free NZ Press release) The latest announcement by the US government's FDA that it is set to approve the sale of genetically engineered salmon raises food safety concerns for New Zealand (1). ... More >>
New Zealand Food Safety Undermined by Secret Deal with FDA
Tuesday, 18 December 2012, 4:18 pm | GE Free NZ
New Zealand's international reputation for safe food is under threat as a result of a secret deal signed last week with the US Food and Drug Administration. The deal for mutual recognition of food safety regimes is being promoted by government as ... More >>
Trade Stance Threatens Farmers
Monday, 26 November 2012, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ
Government policy holding free trade as a priority over bio-security could leave farmers facing hugely increased insurance costs to protect their capacity to meet export quality and safety standards. More >>
Public Demand Authorities "Stop the Clock" on GE soybean
Thursday, 22 November 2012, 12:13 pm | GE Free NZ
Public Demand Authorities "Stop the Clock" on GE soybean toxic cocktail (GE Free press release) More >>
Obama's Legacy - The Right to Know What's In Food?
Thursday, 8 November 2012, 5:11 pm | GE Free NZ
President Obama's legacy must be to require labelling of GE foods to protect public health across America, and to impose regulation on out-of-control agrochemical corporations. More >>
Vote in California Will Impact TPPA Trade Deal
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 3:36 pm | GE Free NZ
Proposals to label GM food being voted on in California alongside the presidential elections, could determine the fate of international negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). More >>
Scientists Fight Over GE Moratorium in India
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 2:45 pm | GE Free NZ
The Supreme Court of India has been advised by an expert panel of scientists to instigate a ten year moratorium of GE crop field trials, after a damning report on the lack of sound science and serious conflicts of interest in regulation of GMOs.(1) More >>
Loss of Value For Fonterra From Imported GE feed
Monday, 5 November 2012, 9:28 am | GE Free NZ
Loss of Value For Fonterra From Imported GE feed Fonterra shareholders face a loss of Value because the company has not secured its supply chain for GM-free imported feed in Dairy, undermining its food safety credentials. (1) There is an even greater ... More >>
Public Become Lab Rats in FSANZ Cocktail Approval
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 10:26 am | GE Free NZ
The lack of any animal feeding studies on a GE soybean designed to survive spraying with a cocktail of herbicides, will leave the public no better than lab rats unless the approval is immediately stopped. More >>
Auckland Council Panel 'Undemocratic' over GMO Legacy Policy
Friday, 19 October 2012, 9:29 am | GE Free NZ
A meeting of the Auckland Council's Regional Development and Operations committee erupted in argument and a senior councillor was ejected, after revelations that a council panel has decided to delete wording in the Hauraki Gulf Island District Plan ... More >>
Fonterra & Federated Farmers Owe It To NZ To Reject GE-Feed
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 9:35 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand needs dairy industry leaders to halt importation of GMO cattle-feed and move to secure and support our global market reputation for safe food. There is a major threat to the reputation of New Zealand as a whole, from the dairy industry ... More >>
World Food Day Report: “Fed Up with GM in our food
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 11:35 am | GE Free NZ
Almost all processed foods contain GM (GE) ingredients but shoppers are in the dark as most GM-derived ingredients escape labelling, says a report by Mothers Are Demystifying Genetic Engineering (MADGE) launched today. More >>
GE Feed Damages New Zealand's Export Reputation and Fonterra
Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 10:24 am | GE Free NZ
Revelations that imported Genetically Engineered feed is being used in New Zealand's dairy industry undermines our reputation for safe food, and threatens the country's billion-dollar export market.(1) More >>
World Food Day - Call For Accountability
Monday, 15 October 2012, 9:55 am | GE Free NZ
GE Free New Zealand and other community organisations in Australia are calling Food Safety Authorities to account for failing to act on the danger of novel foods, and for allowing consumers to unwittingly consume them. Marking World Food Day, a dossier ... More >>
Increased Sprays On GE Crops Threaten Health
Tuesday, 9 October 2012, 10:20 am | GE Free NZ
A battle taking place thousands of miles away in which farmers are increasing the level of toxic chemicals used with GE crops, is putting the health of New Zealanders at risk. More >>
BLG deficient cows frightening development
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 10:08 am | GE Free NZ
AgResearch, after 12 years of failure and hundreds of dead embryos has developed one calf, expressing less Beta - LactoGlobulin (BLG) than normal milk cows. This experiment was in the first of the approvals by the Environmental Risk Management ... More >>
Authorities Slow to Recall GE Maize Linked to Tumours
Sunday, 30 September 2012, 11:56 am | GE Free NZ
A request by GE-Free NZ for Food Standards Australia New Zealand to recall Monsanto’s RoundUp resistant GE maize remains unanswered, despite weeks passing since publication of concerning results from the first life- time study of rats consuming the maize. More >>
Animal Tumours Demand FSANZ Follows Science not Opinion
Monday, 24 September 2012, 1:55 pm | GE Free NZ
Animal Tumours Demand FSANZ Follows Science not Opinion ( GE free NZ PR) 24/09/12 FSANZ must distance itself from personal attacks including criticisms made by its own scientists and instead follow up peer reviewed research showing serious harm ... More >>
