11/February/21

 

Leaders from food, farming, student activism, religion, business, democratic reform and academia have written to British supermarkets asking them to refuse to stock foods produced from unregulated and unlabelled gene-edited crops and animals. The 51 signatories to the joint letter, among them the Soil Association, Landworkers’ Alliance, Students for Sustainability, Green Christian, and Professor Emeritus of Food Policy at City University, Tim Lang, represent a broad range of interests. They also represent the concerns of millions of supporters and members throughout the UK. As detailed in the letter, recent surveys show that the majority of UK citizens remain unconvinced about the benefits of genetically engineered foods and are opposed to their introduction. Beyond GM

 

 

Over a billion genetically engineered mosquitoes are scheduled to be released in Florida soon. Take action now to stop the first-ever mass release of a GMO insect. It's quick and easy. GMO Free USA

 

 

The newly founded European Non-GMO Industry Association (ENGA) is backing the expansion of GMO-free production across the bloc and supporting Member States looking to promote non-GMO labelling, says co-founder Alexander Hissting. While the German Association for Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG) and its non-GMO seal is well established in Germany, Hissting says he saw potential for greater harmonisation across the bloc. The organisation aims to close a loophole in the EU's GMO labelling system, in that milk, meat and eggs are not required to carry a label stating if the animals that produced them were fed with GM feed. Food Navigator

 

 

Farmers in Germany will have to gradually reduce their use of glyphosate and stop using it completely from 2024 in order to preserve clean habitats for insects, under draft legislation passed by the country’s cabinet on Wednesday. “The exit from glyphosate is coming. Conservationists have been working toward this for a long time. Glyphosate kills everything that is green and takes away insects’ basis for life,” environment minister Svenja Schulze said. Reuters