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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 >>
Animal Feeding Studies Prompt Food Safety Alert
Friday, 21 September 2012, 2:09 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-Free NZ has written to the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) demanding an immediate recall and review of GE foods that they have approved, following discovery of serious damage in a newly released long-term animal feeding study [1]. More >>
New Zealand Scientist Leads Scrutiny of Novel Food Risks
Monday, 17 September 2012, 9:11 am | GE Free NZ
A New Zealand scientist at the forefront of understanding problems that might be associated with genetically engineered (GE) foods is raising concerns over increased disease links to consuming a new construct in GE wheat, a World first. More >>
CRI Speaks With Forked Tongue In Opposing GMO
Friday, 14 September 2012, 10:32 am | GE Free NZ
Crown Research Institute Speaks With Forked Tongue In Opposing GMO Accountability 13 September 2012 GE Free NZ and Bay of Plenty ratepayers who were original submitters to a local Bay of Plenty plan have received notice of an appeal to the Environment ... More >>
NZ first site globally to achieve CEMARS® certification
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 6:22 pm | GE Free NZ
In another step towards doing business in a low-carbon economy, GE New Zealand has been awarded the CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme) certification, making New Zealand GE’s first global location to achieve this status. Globally, ... More >>
Otago Uni. Genetics Lecture Outdated and Unfair
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 1:59 pm | GE Free NZ
Otago University's genetics lecture presented last night in Wellington, and to be presented in Auckland tonight, is outdated and unfair. More >>
Farmers Face Dire Reality As GE Crops Backfire
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 8:44 am | GE Free NZ
Resistance amongst pests, and overuse of chemicals are playing havoc with ecosystems and creating a poverty trap for farmers despite promises to solve their problems made by advocates of GE crops. More >>
Otago Uni Genetics Lecture Outdated and Likely to Mislead
Sunday, 26 August 2012, 12:48 pm | GE Free NZ
The University of Otago is being challenged to put caveats on claims made in its Genetics lectures, that international consumer concern over Genetically Modified food can be ignored. More >>
AgBio Conference Guests Fight Amongst Themselves
Monday, 20 August 2012, 9:48 am | GE Free NZ
It is an embarrassment that keynote speakers at an upcoming AgBio conference in Rotorua are from companies facing criminal charges and which are already embroiled in a bitter war with each other as well as against natural ecosystems. More >>
Māori Must Demand Moderation, Not Extreme Science
Wednesday, 15 August 2012, 9:59 am | GE Free NZ
The Federation of Māori Authorities involvement in the ABIC (Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference) 2012 conference (1) featuring chemical companies like Monsanto and extreme advocates of genetic engineering in food, places a strong responsibility ... More >>
