Organic news archive: February 2006
Sean Poulter writes for the Daily Mail's 'campaign' column "Frankenstein Food Watch" - "The U.S. government last night claimed victory in a battle to force genetically modified food onto the dinner tables of Britain and the world [...] Currently, foods containing GM ingredients have to be labelled. However, the U.S. administration is considering bringing a second legal case to the WTO to get this abolished". (Daily Mail - 9/2/06; also reported in The Guardian)
The significance of the ruling by the World Trade Organisation's disputes panel, brought by the US, Canada and Argentina against the EU moratorium, was disputed by British Shadow Environment spokesperson, Peter Ainsworth, who claimed the WTO was bowing to big US biotech companies, [who] "Need to face reality of the situation that there is effectively no demand for their products in Europe and certainly not in this country, in which public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile to GMOs." The Soil Association has also responded to the World Trade Organisation ruling on EU GM moratorium, insisting that it is meaningless. (Farming Today - 9/2/06)
Thousands of packs of Heinz Farley's baby rusks and biscuits have been withdrawn because they were made with flour contaminated with the pesticide chlorpropham. Chlorpropham is a residual carbamate herbicide and potato sprout suppressant not licensed for use on cereals. Michael Green, policy officer at the Soil Association says: "It is worrying that food, particularly food for babies, is being recalled because of pesticide contamination. It highlights the inherent risk and uncertainties of using pesticides." (
Sean Poulter writes for the Daily Mail's 'campaign' column "Frankenstein Food Watch" - "The U.S. government last night claimed victory in a battle to force genetically modified food onto the dinner tables of Britain and the world [...] Currently, foods containing GM ingredients have to be labelled. However, the U.S. administration is considering bringing a second legal case to the WTO to get this abolished". (Daily Mail - 9/2/06; also reported in The Guardian)
The significance of the ruling by the World Trade Organisation's disputes panel, brought by the US, Canada and Argentina against the EU moratorium, was disputed by British Shadow Environment spokesperson, Peter Ainsworth, who claimed the WTO was bowing to big US biotech companies, [who] "Need to face reality of the situation that there is effectively no demand for their products in Europe and certainly not in this country, in which public opinion is overwhelmingly hostile to GMOs." The Soil Association has also responded to the World Trade Organisation ruling on EU GM moratorium, insisting that it is meaningless. (Farming Today - 9/2/06)
Thousands of packs of Heinz Farley's baby rusks and biscuits have been withdrawn because they were made with flour contaminated with the pesticide chlorpropham. Chlorpropham is a residual carbamate herbicide and potato sprout suppressant not licensed for use on cereals. Michael Green, policy officer at the Soil Association says: "It is worrying that food, particularly food for babies, is being recalled because of pesticide contamination. It highlights the inherent risk and uncertainties of using pesticides." (