2006-05-16 | permalink
Our agriculture doesn't need GMO, said CIA (Italian farmers association) president Giuseppe Politi, reasserting the association's position on this issue, speaking in Rome at the convention on GMO "Grano o grane: Ogm alla prova di Governo". Politi said that CIA's commitment "is to focus on cornerstones such as quality, differentiated supply, tradition, food security, respect of public health norms, information, traceability, rules, safeguard of biodiversity and environment, technique innovation and a more rational use of chemistry and research.</p><p><a href="http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200605101806-1207-RT1-CRO-0-NF51&page=0&id=agionline-eng.arab">AGI online</a>
2006-05-12 | permalink
On 27 April 2006, the Polish Seym (lower house) passed an Act about changes in the Seed Production Act and the Plant Protection Act. The Act had already been passed by the Senate (upper house). The Act still has to be signed by the President. It will not become Law until this is done - and he will be under a lot of pressure from the biotech corporations not to sign! We therefore URGENTLY request you to send letters concerning this issue to the Polish President. The Polish Seeds Act, if signed, will set a precident for the whole of Europe and greatly increase pressure for an EU law giving rights to both regions and countries to ban GMO's.</p><p><a href="http://icppc.pl/pl/gmo/index.php?id=208#list">ICPPC: Further background and draft letter to the Polish President</a>
2006-05-11 | permalink
The World Trade Organization (WTO) confirmed in a final ruling that the European Union broke trade rules with its six-year moratorium on approving genetically-modified (GMO) foods, diplomats said.</p><p><a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-05-11T065018Z_01_L10105775_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-TRADE-WTO-GMOS-DC.XML">Reuters</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/press/2006/AB_11_May_WTO.htm">Friends of the Earth: U.S. did not win transatlantic GM trade dispute</a></p><p><a href="http://euobserver.com/9/21578">EUObserver: WTO ruling against EU unlikely to have any effect</a><p><a href="http://www.saveourseeds.org/downloads/news_WTO_Reporter_120506.pdf">WTO Panel Issues Final Ruling in U.S. Case Against EU's Restrictions on GMO Approvals</a><p><a href="http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseaction=newsletter&topic_id=6&subtopic_id=33&doc_id=12766">Herald Tribune: EU to hold firm on modified seeds despite WTO</a>
2006-05-11 | permalink
Meath Co. Council unanimously passed two motions on Monday 8 May, that are widely expected to force the world's largest chemicals company BASF to abandon a controversial experiment with patented GMO potatoes. The Council's first motion declares Meath a GMO-free zone. This makes Meath the sixth county on the island to prohibit GMO seeds and crops. The Council's second motion calls on the EPA to not allow the experimental growing of any GMO seeds or crops in Ireland.</p><p><a href="http://www.gmfreeireland.org/press/GMFI25.pdf">GM-free Ireland: Press Release</a></p><p><a href="http://www.gmfreeireland.org/news/index.php">Irish Labour Party joins GM-free Ireland campaign</a>
2006-05-11 | permalink
The report is on implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC</p><p><a href="http://www.saveourseeds.org/downloads/Commission_Rep_Label_Trace_090506.pdf">Report from the Commission</a>
