If the UK government approves GM maize, as appears likely, the only place it can go is into animal feed, which is more or less the only route left for GM crops in the UK. So it's time to stop the use of GM ingredients in animal feed.

A total rejection of GM in animal feed, which would take in all GM maize and GM soya - no matter what the country of origin, would turn a small step forward for the biotech industry into a total disaster.
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GM cow protest over Sainsbury's own-label milk
By Graham Hiscott, Consumer Affairs Correspondent, PA News
http://www.ananova.com/business/story/sm_868446.html

Protesters dressed as cows descended on a branch of supermarket chain Sainsbury's today to demonstrate about genetically modified feed allegedly given to cows supplying its own-label milk.

Fifty members of Greenpeace chained themselves to the dairy aisle, entrance and scaled the roof of the store in Greenwich, south-east London.

The environmental campaign group claim UK cows which produce milk for Sainsbury's are fed on GM maize imported from the US.

Emma Gibson, Greenpeace campaigner, said: "Sainsbury's can help stop GM in its tracks by turning its back on this GM milk.''

Fellow campaigner Ben Stewart said they had picked out Sainsbury's because it was the most "hypocritical" of the supermarket chains when it came to GM.

"They claim in their adverts that they lead the way in selling quality, environmentally-friendly food," he said from the scene of the protest.

Sainsbury's said in a statement: "The integrity of the food we sell is our first priority so we are surprised that Greenpeace has chosen to target us.

"We were the first of the major supermarkets to eliminate GM ingredients from all our own-label products. This step was taken in response to overwhelming customer demand.

"We have every confidence in the integrity of our milk and support the Food Standard Agency's advice which states that 'No genetic material or gene products from GM plants used in animal feed has yet been detected in milk" '.  

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