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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 Genetics Lecture Outdated and Unfair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Otago University's genetics lecture presented last night in Wellington, and to be presented in Auckland tonight, is outdated and unfair.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Otago Uni Genetics Lecture Outdated and Likely to Mislead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 >>
Warning For Farmers Against GE Crops
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 9:28 am | GE Free NZ
A road tour [1] by Green Party Steffan Browning and two Australian Farmers will highlight the serious economic and environmental issues that will be faced by New Zealand Farmers if GMO forage crops or grains are ever introduced into New Zealand. More >>
Stagg's Chili Holds GE Surprise for Customers
Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 9:32 am | GE Free NZ
Consumers are being warned that chili beans imported from the US under the Stagg's name may give them more than the taste of 'the old west' promised in advertising, and could include types of Genetically Engineered corn that people may want to avoid. More >>
Higher Level of Herbicide Toxins in New GE Soy
Saturday, 14 July 2012, 11:48 am | GE Free NZ
Consumers are being left in the dark about increasing levels of pesticides used in GE foods, as authorities quietly rubber-stamp an even wider range of chemical tolerant GE foods for entry into the food chain. The latest GE food application, A 1073 soy ... More >>
Halal Export Opportunity Makes GE-Free Policy Vital
Friday, 6 July 2012, 9:06 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand risks missing out on the trillion dollar market for halal foods unless the government establishes nationwide protectiion of our GM-free status. More >>
EPA Hears GE Promise But Not All The Facts
Friday, 22 June 2012, 9:46 am | GE Free NZ
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held its first hearing on GE to consider a plan to leave company managers overseeing their own biosecurity compliance, but the applicants are irresponsible in not mentioning serious breaches of biosecurity ... More >>
GE Scientists Warn Against GE Food
Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 9:35 am | GE Free NZ
UK scientists who are themselves genetic engineers, have published a review of research into GMOs and warned against believing claims made for their benefits and safety (1). More >>
Ombudsmen help sought on Trans Tasman jurisdiction
Wednesday, 6 June 2012, 3:41 pm | GE Free NZ
GE Free NZ has written to the Office of the Ombudsmen to seek clarification on a food security decision that will impact current and future generations of New Zealanders and Australians. More >>
Dow's 'Stacked' Chemical-Resistant Soy Coming to NZ
Friday, 1 June 2012, 6:57 pm | GE Free NZ
Dow's 'Stacked' Chemical-Resistant Soy Coming to NZ The Health Of New Zealanders Is once again under threat from Dow Chemicals, operating as Dow Agrosciences. In a new application to Food Standards Australia NZ, Dow will introduce GE soy 'stacked' ... More >>
Harm to Mothers from GE-Soy Must be Investigated
Sunday, 6 May 2012, 7:10 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-Free NZ is calling for urgent follow-up on evidence that there is a strong link to adverse effects in unborn children from GE soya in the maternal diet. More >>
GE-Weeds Costing Farmers Dearly
Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 6:51 pm | GE Free NZ
The emergence of herbicide-resistant weeds as a result of planting genetically engineered crops is costing farmers dearly and shows the benefits of New Zealand's GE-free status. More >>
Time to End Public Money Wasted on GE pine trees at Scion?
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:16 am | GE Free NZ
The latest field trial of GE pine trees has been breached and the trees left littering the ground, but a history of repeated breaches of bio-security in GE trials shows the timber industry remains at long-term risk. More >>
