WEEKLY WATCH number 192 (14/9/2006) | |
from Claire Robinson, WEEKLY WATCH editor Dear all: Bayer's illegal GM rice - grown only in trials that ended in 2001 - continues to cause massive problems for the U.S. rice industry, withcontamination found across Europe. Meanwhile, a nutter in the Parliament of Western Australia is gagging to have GM trials. Fortunately, the government and others of sound mind have voted him and his Party down. (AUSTRALASIA) And don't forget to read about Monsanto's "blood money" and the killing they've been making by exploiting poor farmers in India. (ASIA) Claire [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------ GM RICE CONTAMINATION SCANDAL ------------------------------------------------------------ + USDA TO RUBBER-STAMP CONTAMINATION OF FOOD WITH ILLEGAL GM RICE "Illegal, potentially hazardous rice [is] in grain bins, on supermarket shelves, in cereal, beer, baby foods, and all rice products. It should be a no-brainer - recall this stuff to make sure no one eats it," said Joseph Mendelson, Legal Director of the Center for Food Safety. "Instead, USDA plans to rush through 'market approval' of a GM rice that Bayer itself decided was unfit for commerce. Why? To free Bayer from liability." http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7006 + TELL USDA *NOT* TO APPROVE ILLEGAL GM RICE The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed a legal petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that seeks to prevent the post hoc approval of an illegal genetically engineered rice recently found in the world's food supply. "USDA's stamp of approval to genetically engineered rice after it has illegally contaminated the food supply would set a dangerous precedent, rewarding the biotech industry's negligence and thereby making similar contamination episodes more likely in the future," said Miyoko Sakashita, staff attorney at CFS. Links to legal petition and summary here: http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7031 + US SUPPLY CHAIN "SEVERELY DISRUPTED" + GM RICE CONTAMINATION WIDESPREAD "Any consignments which tested positive have already been recalled or withheld from the market and the Federation's members have committed to continuing such withdrawals for any positive findings," the European Commission said. http://www.lobbywatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=7014 + FOOD INDUSTRY ALARMED + SWISS RETAILERS BLOCK SALE OF US RICE + TAINTED RICE IN GERMANY + ...AND IN FRANCE AND SWEDEN |