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South Hams votes to go GM-free14 February 2003
South Hams District Council in Devon has voted to go GM-free
A council meeting voted in favour of the following motion: "This Council declares that the District of South Hams will be kept free of Genetically Modified (GM) crops and GM food and feed. To this end, this Council commits to:
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Requesting the Secretary of State for Agriculture to provide legal protection for this district as a GM-free area, in line with Article 19 of 2001/18/EC;
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Ensuring that no GM crops are grown on land over which it has control;
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A GM-free policy* for all goods and services for which this Council is responsible. *(Which includes the exclusion of all GM ingredients, derivatives, and the produce of GM-fed animals.}
"We congratulate South Hams District council for doing all it can to keep its area free from GM food and crops. People throughout the country have made it clear that they don't want People throughout the country have made it clear that they don't want their food, farming and wildlife threatened by GM pollution. That's why local authorities up and down the country are considering adopting similar motions to South Hams. It's now time for the Government to listen - people don't want GM food and crops," said Friends of the Earth's GM Co-ordinator in the South West, Keith Hatch.
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