Twenty-two years on, GM foods still a story of commodity crops and the Americas
Twenty two years after GM cropping began to take off in the US, GM agriculture remains a story of just four commodity crops – soy, maize, canola and cotton …
GM Food Production Still a Story of the Americas
GM agriculture today is overwhelmingly just four commodity crops: soy, maize, canola and cotton account for 99%. And 97% of the GM food crops produced in 2016 were grown …
Zero Tolerance, Billion Dollar Losses
Growing GMOs before they have been approved for use in export markets continues to result in punishing consequences.
Most of New Zealand’s key trading partners have zero tolerance …
GM Food Production Remains an American Inc Affair
GM food production continues to be a story of the Americas. In 2014, 99% of all GM food grown in 2014 was produced on the American continent …
New GM Foods Designed to Escape Regulation
A new generation of genetically modified (GM) foods is in the pipeline and if developers get their way, they won’t be labelled. In fact, they won’t be regulated at …
Over 80% Support the Requirement to Label GM Foods
Over 80% of New Zealanders believe the current requirement to label genetically modified foods should be retained, according to a Consumer Link poll. Just 10% believe the regulations should …
Right to Choose GM Free Food on the Line with Free Trade Deal?
Will losing the right to choose GM free food be a price of the next and biggest free trade deal? The US has made clear that a priority for …
Will GM Free be Free Traded Away?
Will losing the right to choose GM Free food be a price of the next and biggest free trade deal?
The US has made clear that …
ESR Questions Safety of a GM Food – NZFSA Shops for “Updated” Advice
New Zealand’s food safety regulator ‘shopped’ for alternative advice when a report it had commissioned from ESR questioned the safety of a GM food.
The original report by Dr Lou …
