Sunday Times [Irish edition], 25 July 2010.
A GM-free label for Irish food is to be introduced by the government next year in a bid to boost sales abroad, writes Sarah McInerny.
Ciaran Cuffe, the food minister, is consulting officials in [...]
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GM-FREE LABEL TO HELP FOOD SALES
Date:3 August 2010
MEDIA RELEASE- ILLEGAL GM MAIZE GROWN IN IRELAND
Date:3 August 2010
• Government destroys its own field trials
• Pioneer Hi-Bred seeds contaminated by Monsanto’s NK603
• Call for investigation to determine extent of contamination
GM-free Ireland press release, 23 July 2010:
http://www.gmfreeireland.org/press/GMFI50.pdf
DUBLIN and GENEVA — The Irish Government has been accidentally [...]
IRISH MEPS BLOCK MANDATORY LABELLING FOR GM-FED ANIMAL PRODUCE
Date:3 August 2010
GM-free Ireland update, 9 July 2010.
A majority of Irish MEPs voted against EU-wide mandatory GM labelling for meat, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy produce from livestock whose diet includes GM animal feed, in the European Parliament on Tuesday.
This [...]
Monsanto, Big Brother of the New World Agricultural Order:
Date:30 June 2010
Related interview:
Monsanto, Big Brother of the New World Agricultural Order:
An interview with Marie-Monique Robin
Truth Out, 27 June 2010:
http://www.truth-out.org/monsanto-big-brother-new-world-agricultural-order-an-interview-with-marie-monique-robin60776?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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GM-FREE MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCE NOW ON SALE IN 6 UK SUPERMARKET CHAINS
Date:30 June 2010
Note:
Ireland’s voluntary GM-free label will enable Irish farmers and food producers a competitive advantage in the UK market. Farming organisations should insist the label is introduced without further delay!
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Top quality produce from livestock whose diet is certified GM-free
Source: [...]
IRISH GOVERNMENT URGED TO REJECT “FAKE EC PROPOSAL FOR GMO-FREE ZONES”
Date:30 June 2010
50 organisations say proposal would be impediment to trade
GM-Free Ireland media release, 25 June 2010:
http://www.gmfreeireland.org/press/GMFI49.pdf
DUBLIN — 50 Irish farming, food and environmental organisations and businesses sent a letter [1] yesterday to the Irish Agriculture Minister, Brendan [...]
GM GROWERS IN WALES FEAR PUBLIC BACKLASH
Date:24 June 2010
Note: There aren’t any GM growers in Wales, and Scotland, and in the 40 English counties which have declared themselves as GMO-free zones. The register would enable contaminated conventional and organic farmers to sue GM farmers for their [...]
LAWMAKERS ASK USDA TO DENY MONSANTO GMO ALFALFA
Date:24 June 2010
U.S. lawmakers call for continued ban on biotech alfalfa
Say USDA has “ignored” regulatory authority
Say U.S. organic dairy industry threatened
Related sugarbeet court case delayed
By Carey Gillam
Reuters, 23 June 2010:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2326472520100623
KANSAS CITY, June 23 (Reuters) – More than 50 U.S. [...]
LUXEMBOURG BANS “AMFLORA” GM POTATO!
Date:23 June 2010
Greenpeace France, 16 June 2010:
http://ogm.greenpeace.fr/le-luxembourg-interdit-la-pomme-de-terre-ogm-amflora
[Translation courtesy GM-free Ireland]
During the this morning’s “Safety on my plate” conference on the safety of the food chain, Luxembourg’s Health Minister Mars Di Bartolomeo banned the cultivation of BASF’s “Amflora” GM potato in [...]
BULGARIA MOVES TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM GMOS
Date:23 June 2010
Health, Novinite, June 16 2010
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=117208
A ban of all genetically modified products and ingredients for preparation of children foods in Bulgaria has been proposed Wednesday in an amendment in the Bulgarian Food Act.
The amendment, proposed by Desislava Taneva, chair [...]