Leaving GM Contaminated Crops in the Ground Goes Against Market Realities
Sunday, October 10, 2004
The recommendation by a Parliamentary select committee that GM contaminated crops be allowed to remain in the ground goes against market realities. Exporters cannot sell contaminated products to buyers …
New Rules Help Keep Food Pure
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
As many premium markets firm up on their unwillingness to accept even a trace of genetically modified content in food, New Zealand’s ability to meet this demand has quietly …
New Means to Check GM Contamination in Seed Imports
Saturday, August 21, 2004
New practices for supplying maize seed to New Zealand demonstrate how the policy of zero tolerance to GM contaminated seed can be maintained at little or no cost to …
Seeding purity
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
New practices for supplying maize seed to New Zealand demonstrate how the policy of zero tolerance to GM contaminated seed can be maintained at little or no cost to …
Cradle to Grave Subsidies for GMO Development
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Government has approved new blanket subsidies for GM developers that complete the cradle to the grave state assistance programme for GMOs, said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry.
Under the …
ABARE Report on GM Economics Ignores Consumer Rejection
Monday, October 20, 2003
A report projecting huge economic losses for Australia and New Zealand if GM crops are not adopted leaves out of its modelling the widespread consumer rejection of GM food, …
Anderton’s Stance Shows Importance of GM Food Restraint
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
The Progressive Coalition’s decision to vote against the NOOM Bill demonstrates the importance of legal restraints on the growing of GM food said Sustainability Council Executive Director Simon Terry. …
Canadians Contradict Government Assurances on GM
Monday, October 6, 2003
Government assurances that export markets will not be affected by GM plantings in New Zealand are contradicted by a previously secret paper from a country that Government cites as …
Financial Fitness Should be Requirement for GM Release
Monday, September 29, 2003
Developers applying to release GM organisms will face fewer compulsory checks on their financial fitness than a bank would make on someone looking for a mortgage on their home, …
