Silo doors welded shut at GM soy supplier (28/3/2006) | |
1.Greenpeace target Swedish GM soy supplier 1.Greenpeace target Swedish GM soy supplier Greenpeace activists blockaded a storage facility for genetically-modified, or GM, soy in Sweden Thursday, calling for a halt to its use as animal feed. According to a Greenpeace GM spokesperson the group had "welded shut the silo doors." Greenpeace activists unfurled banners calling for a halt to genetic experiments on feed and erected signs around the Lantmaennen's facility in the south eastern city of Norrkoeping which read Warning contains GMO, genetically modified organisms." Police made a brief appearance at the scene, but took no action, Greenpeace said. A dozen protesters remained at the plant while other protesters travelled to Lantmaennen's head office in Stockholm to meet the company's managing director, Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, who defended her company's policy. Lantmaennen is one of Sweden's largest importers of animal feed with a turnover US $3.7 billion dollars in 2005. According to a company spokesperson Lantmaennen's sale of GM animal feed complies with European and Swedish legislation. 2.GREENPEACE ACTION ALERT What are you eating? Cook up a storm at the European Commission! Please sign the online petition here. UPDATE: We now have over 600,000 signatures; please add yours to the growing list... Genetically engineered animal feed is sneaking into the food chain. Demand the right to say "no"! Print off petitions to draw in loads more signatures from friends, family and colleagues: |