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E.coli Raises Issues for Food Authority Approvals
Sunday, 12 June 2011, 6:43 pm | GE Free NZ
The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) must consider if the latest outbreak of E.coli in Europe has implications for its impending approval of GE corn and soy that are resistant to the herbicide 2, 4 -,D. More >>
Maternal Blood Tests Cause for Rethink on GE Science Advice
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 9:59 am | GE Free NZ
Scientists advising the government must urgently report on the implications of new research showing metabolites from herbicides and insecticides in GE plants are making it through digestion into the bloodstream of mothers and into fetal blood. More >>
Major Problems for Bio-Security as AgResearch Chops Roles
Friday, 20 May 2011, 3:47 pm | GE Free NZ
The GE animal facility at Ruakura could be further compromised with the announcement that AgResearch is downsizing its executive positions. More >>
Infant Nutrition Council Misleading Parents With Attack
Sunday, 15 May 2011, 5:54 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-Free NZ rejects the attack by the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) as a deliberate effort to mislead consumers about the serious questions raised regarding maintaining the integrity of the food supply for infants.(1) More >>
Parents Warned Over Oz Baby Formula
Wednesday, 11 May 2011, 9:26 am | GE Free NZ
Parents may want to avoid Nestle and Heinz infant formula made in Australia, and to stock up on organic New Zealand-made products, after the companies announced they will accept GM contaminants in their products.(1) More >>
GE Cover-Up or Just Bad Science?
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 3:13 pm | GE Free NZ
The failure by AgResearch and ERMA to properly test and monitor environmental effects from GE field experiments has put New Zealand's bio-security in serious jeopardy and needs immediate action. More >>
AgResearch Ignoring Bio-security Risks
Sunday, 1 May 2011, 8:44 pm | GE Free NZ
AgResearch's 200 acre facility at Ruakura could pose a dangerous bio-security risk to populations in Hamilton and surrounding farmlands, but the threat is being ignored. More >>
Whangarei Council Moves to Protect Community from GMOs
Friday, 15 April 2011, 2:13 pm | GE Free NZ
Whangarei District Councillors have voted unanimously to reject the outdoor use of genetically engineered (GE) crops and animals in the District. Whangarei District Council will now actively seek to undertake a collaborative plan change with all ... More >>
Whangarei Council moves to protect its community from GE
Friday, 15 April 2011, 11:35 am | GE Free NZ
Whangarei District Councilors have voted to unanimously reject the outdoor use of genetically engineered (GE) crops and animals in the District. This outcome will also involve the Northland Peninsula Councils and Auckland Council "super city". More >>
Whangarei vote unanimous on way forward for GE issue
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 12:49 pm | GE Free NZ
www.wdc.govt.nz/NewsRoom/MediaReleases/2011-Media-Releases/Pages/Whangar ei-vote-unanimous-on-way-forwardforGE.aspx More >>
2,4-D-resistant Corn Set for Approval
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 8:37 am | GE Free NZ
Public health will lose again as Food Standards Australia New Zealand Authority (FSANZ) is set to approve GE crops designed to survive spraying with a new range of toxic herbicides. FSANZ are risking the integrity of the food system by ignoring the toxicity ... More >>
Fonterra Must Avoid Human-Cow Milk
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:42 am | GE Free NZ
Fonterra's biotech arm ViaLactia must reject human-cow hybrids as unethical, following announcements of Chinese scientific experiments that are likely to have involved unacceptable deformities in animals. More >>
Otago University Report Should be Withdrawn
Sunday, 3 April 2011, 2:55 pm | GE Free NZ
The report on "NZ's Clean Green Image" by a team from the Marketing Department of Otago University should be withdrawn and the raw data released for peer review. More >>
NZ Cows Going Hungry? Otago Report Wrong
Saturday, 2 April 2011, 2:14 pm | GE Free NZ
A marketing professor and team from the University of Otago are guilty of wasting research money, and potentially misleading decision-makers by asking tourists about ' New Zealand cows and sheep going hungry ', and seemingly proving that global trends ... More >>
GE Ruse Threatens Food Security
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 9:59 am | GE Free NZ
The call by a visiting speaker, Pamela Ronald, for GE to be embraced by the organic sector and create‘precision technology -co-existence’ farming is a misguided public relations exercise. GE remains an unacceptable experimental and invasive technology ... More >>
Push-Pull Strategy Good For NZ
Monday, 14 March 2011, 10:33 am | GE Free NZ
New Zealand can benefit from adopting innovation strategies identified in a new report by the UN on The Right to Food [1].The report identifies smart agro-ecological techniques and systems-management such as the 'push-pull' pest-reduction that creates ... More >>
100% Pure wins Prize
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 9:07 pm | GE Free NZ
GE-FREE NZ in Food and Environment members congratulate Steffan Browning on winning this year’s Te Orangi Kaupapa Trust Environmental Award. Mr. Browning has worked tirelessly in keeping the New Zealand environment safe for future generations, and ... More >>
Fonterra 'Red-listing' Undermines New Zealand
Saturday, 5 March 2011, 7:18 pm | GE Free NZ
Fonterra is letting New Zealand down because of its red listing in Australia's new Kids True Food Guide, launched on Wednesday. More >>
Consumer Demand for GM-Free Food Gives NZ The Advantage
Monday, 28 February 2011, 5:47 pm | GE Free NZ
The launch in Australia of the GM-free True Food guide is another signal to New Zealand growers and food manufacturers to maintain a GM-free policy and protect the integrity of the food chain. More >>
'No-Clone' Decision Vital for New Zealand
Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 10:27 am | GE Free NZ
The end of animal cloning at AgResearch is the first step towards to developing the global market for New Zealand meat, wool and dairy exports as ethical and sustainable. But the decision doesn't go far enough and will likely allow unethical animal experiments ... More >>
