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Comment: The next big thing

Like a family in the midst of a massive domestic row, the participants in the great genetic war are already have trouble recalling how it began.

By George Monbiot19 Feb

Meacher puts GM crops on hold

The Government yesterday bowed to the intense pressure of the past week and declared a moratorium on the commercial growing of genetically modified crops.

By Paul Brown, Environment Correspondent19 Feb

Protestors dump GM beans outside Downing Street

Campaigners opposed to introduction of genetically modified - GM - foods dumped four tonnes of GM soya beans outside Downing Street today.

By Eileen Murphy, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, PA News18 Feb

Threat to go to European court as Monsanto shrugs off fine

Two giants of the genetically modified food business, the multinational companies Monsanto and Zeneca, yesterday pledged to fight any attempts to ban their products, saying they did not believe such a move was in the Government's power.

By Paul Brown and Julia Finch18 Feb

The first signs of brain-damage from GM food? Hounding Sainsbury

The case of David Sainsbury purports to be about ethical rigour. Because he has connections with genetically modified food, it is said he has no proper place as science minister in the government. GM food is certainly a proper object for deep national concern. And Lord Sainsbury certainly has connections. But the fury around him exposes something different. What we discover is that there are at least four perversities in the present obligatory rule-book for ministerial conduct.

By Hugo Young18 Feb

Unmodified views on GM

I have been e-mailing major food manufacturers to try to ascertain which of their products are free of genetically modified organisms and whether they will produce GM-free variants. Labelling is a first step, but what I really want is a meaningful choice. Labelling gives me information; alternative GM-free products give me choice (and well done Kelloggs and Heinz for giving me that choice).

18 Feb

Firms fined for breaching GM crop regulations

Two companies were today fined for failing to prevent pollen from genetically modified crops from being released into the environment.

From the Press Association17 Feb

Dr Evil and his Moneymen: we're all flocking to get into this one

Everything about this row is organic. It has grown out of the soil of the recent British past, watered and nurtured by our own memories and fears - planted firmly in the earth of our national culture. The current debate on genetically modified food may have some international strains but, at root, it's a peculiarly British flower.

By Jonathan Freedland17 Feb

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15 Feb

Countdown to the food crisis

Sep 1985: Pathologist allegedly identifies BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) in a cow at Pitsham Farm, Midhurst, W Sussex.

15 Feb

How Britain eats

In 1996 the British spent £52billion on household food (as opposed to eating out) and £28 billion on alcoholic drinks. (Source: MAFF National Food Survey 1996) The average person's weekly spending on household food and drink is £22.99. Spending on food outside the home accounts for 28 per cent of weekly spending on food. Spending on household food accounts for 11 per cent of total consumer spending.

15 Feb

Glossary

Bacillus cereusBacterium found in cereal products, spices and especially cornflour, which means that even vegans cannot escape food poisoning. Causes nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhoea.

15 Feb

Call for lord to go over GM food row

Conservatives called yesterday for Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the billionaire scion of the supermarket dynasty, to be removed as Science Minister in the wake of the row over genetically modified food.

By Nicholas Watt15 Feb

GM food row splits Labour

The government is facing pressure from within its own ranks to establish an independent ethics commission on genetically modified food, amid growing evidence of deep divisions among ministers over the safety of GM products.

By Lucy Ward, Political Correspondent15 Feb

Supermarkets and genetically-modified food

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By Patrick Barkham15 Feb

'The right of consumers to choose whether or not to eat GM food should be respected'

The furore over genetically modified food during the past week has generated heat and no light. But it seems clear there are dangers to the environment and possibly to individual health.

14 Feb

Miracle foods that the public won't swallow

It was supposed to be the food of tomorrow: a genetically engineered ambrosia to feed Earth's hordes next century. But it has turned into a political nightmare.

14 Feb

Shops warning ordered on gene food

Mandatory labelling of all genetically modified food sold in shops, takeaways and restaurants is to be introduced next month in an attempt to quell growing fear of the 'Frankenstein foods'.

By Patrick Wintour, Antony Barnett and Robin McKie14 Feb

Supermarket sweep

Fiona Snowball and Jackie O'Connell have just spent more than £200 on their weekly family shops at Sainsbury. They have six kids between them - there are plenty of biscuits, cakes and cereals packed into two large trolleys.

14 Feb

Why it would be wrong to ban GM food

I understand the public concern about genetic modification. It is a powerful new technology.

14 Feb

Flaws in the food chain

The pressure for a moratorium on genetically modified food - at least until more rigorous testing has been done - is beginning to look like a tidal wave. It has produced an unholy alliance of William Hague, John Redwood, leftward-leaning lobbies and the European Parliament (which yesterday voted for legislation that could make biotech companies legally responsible for the adverse effects of releasing organisms). Yesterday, the Consumers Association urged the Government to block further GM products pending overhaul of the regulatory system - the first call for a ban in its 40 year history.

12 Feb

Food

Food stories

Comment: The next big thing

Meacher puts GM crops on hold

Protestors dump GM beans outside Downing Street

Threat to go to European court as Monsanto shrugs off fine

The first signs of brain-damage from GM food? Hounding Sainsbury

Unmodified views on GM

Firms fined for breaching GM crop regulations

Dr Evil and his Moneymen: we're all flocking to get into this one

Buy organic

Countdown to the food crisis

How Britain eats

Glossary

Call for lord to go over GM food row

GM food row splits Labour

Supermarkets and genetically-modified food

'The right of consumers to choose whether or not to eat GM food should be respected'

Miracle foods that the public won't swallow

Shops warning ordered on gene food

Supermarket sweep

Why it would be wrong to ban GM food

Flaws in the food chain

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