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genetically modified food and crops

Jun 20, 2003 — GM NATION? THE PUBLIC DEBATE
After months of delays, GM Nation? The public debate has been launched. This concise guide gives you the basic facts and some key questions to ask.

Mar 13, 2003 — GM-FREE LOCAL AREAS
A guide to using the law to protect your area from GM crops. Including what 'GM-free' means, how you can use EU legislation to help your campaign and what your local authority can do.

Jan 21, 2003 — GM-FREE BRITAIN: STICKY QUESTIONS
Farmers have been conducting selective breeding for years. How are GM crops any different?

Dec 10, 2002 — GMO DELIBERATE RELEASE REGULATIONS FOR DISCUSSION BY ARD COMMITTEE ON 30TH OCTOBER 2002
This briefing is a response to the paper submitted to the Assembly Agriculture & Rural Development Committee for 30 October 2002. It only covers those issues which we consider to be most significant. The fact that we do not cover all issues in the paper should not be interpreted as an acceptance of those issues which remain outstanding.

Dec 10, 2002 — GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS ARD DISCUSSION 13 NOVEMBER 2002
This briefing constitutes an update on the issues we raised before the last ARD meeting and a commentary on the paper (ARD 15-029p2) put before the meeting on 13 November.

Nov 21, 2002 — CYNULLIAD CENEDLAETHOL CYMRU A CHNYDAU GM
'Report on the separation distances required to ensure cross-pollination is below specified limits in non-seed crops of sugar beet, maize and oilseed rape'

Nov 18, 2002 — NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES AND GM CROPS: FIVE STEPS THE ASSEMBLY MUST TAKE TO KEEP WALES GM FREE

Nov 6, 2002 — ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE OF GMOS IN SEED - EU PROPOSALS

Oct 24, 2002 — GM FOOD SAFETY
The safety of GM foods remains in serious doubt. Genetic engineering is a difficult and fairly haphazard procedure, and the use of substantial equivalence in safety testing of the finished product is inadequate to prove that they are safe.

Oct 18, 2002 — GM CROPS AND FOOD SECURITY
Many people, not least those who live in countries where hunger persists, believe that a technological fix will at best address the symptoms of hunger and malnutrition, but not the causes. Many fear that corporate control over the food chain through patents and the ownership of seeds may even exacerbate the problem.

Oct 17, 2002 — HERBICIDE USE AND GM CROPS
If GM crops get the commercial go-ahead in the UK, herbicide tolerant crops will be the first to be grown. Claims of their environmental benefits are looking increasingly doubtful.

Oct 10, 2002 — THE GM REGULATORY PROCESS
Before any GM plant can be grown in teh UK, or a GM food sold on the market, there are several regulatory hurdles that it must pass through. GM legislation originates in Europe and is implemented in the UK under domestic laws.

Oct 9, 2002 — GENE FLOW
Cross pollination of GM crops and other crops or wild relatives could lead to widespread contamination. There are serious concerns about how GM and non-GM crops can grow and co-exist in the future.

Oct 9, 2002 — ECONOMIC IMPACT OF GM
The Government and the biotech industry are promoting GM crops on the economic benefits they will supposedly bring. However, after several years of growing them in the US, the evidence of the economic benefits is far from clear.

Oct 8, 2002 — LIABILITY AND GM CROPS
Currently there is no legislation to require biotech companies to pay compensation or clear up any damage caused by their crops. If GM food and crops are as safe as the industry says they are, why won't it accept liability for any damage caused?

Oct 4, 2002 — SEED PURITY
In order to protect the public's right to choose non-GM food, or for farmers to grow non-GM crops, it is essential that seed stocks remain free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This will become increasingly difficult to achieve if GM crops are grown widely in the UK.

Oct 4, 2002 — T25 MAIZE
T25 maize is a GM herbicide tolerant crop, intended to be grown in the UK as fodder for cattle. In the course of Friends of the Earth's investigations into its approval, serious failings in the regulatory process and flaws in the scientific research were discovered.

Sep 30, 2002 — THE EU COMMISSION PROPOSAL ON THE THRESHOLDS FOR ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE OF APPROVED GMOS IN SEEDS - SUMMARY
the eu commission proposal on the thresholds for adventitious presence of approved gmos in seeds - summary

Sep 18, 2002 — NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES CONSULTATION ON EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSALS ON THE THRESHOLDS FOR *ADVENTITIOUS PRESENCE* OF APPROVED GMOS IN SEEDS
This is a response to the National Assembly for Wales consultation on European Commission proposals to set levels at which conventional seeds may be contaminated with GMOs. The response argues that the proposals would hamper Assembly efforts to promote organic farming in Wales and lead to unacceptable levels of GM contamination in the environment and food chain. The response calls on the Assembly to take a strong stance against the proposals.

Jul 20, 2001 — GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AND FOOD
, updated January 2003 A comprehensive introduction to the GM debate: - What is GM? - Concerns about GM crops and food - GM crops and food in the UK - Government failures - Feeding the world - Alternatives

May 15, 2001 — GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD AND CROPS: OUR RIGHT TO A LOCAL REFERENDUM
How to use existing legislation to call a local referendum and how this can help local campaigns against GM foods and crops.

Feb 19, 2001 — NPRU'S REPORT ON THE SEPARATION DISTANCES REQUIRED TO ENSURE CROSS-POLLINATION IS BELOW SPECIFIED LIMITS IN NON-SEED CROPS OF SUGAR BEET, MAIZE AND OILSEED RAPE

Feb 8, 2000 — FARMERS' BRIEFING: GM CROPS AND ANIMAL FEED
July 2000

Feb 8, 2000 — THE FARM SCALE TRIALS
The Farm Scale Trials have been heavily criticised since their introduction in 2000 by a variety of environmental organisations, local residents, and even the Government’s GM watchdog, the Agriculture Environmental Biotechnology Commission (AEBC).