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Ge activists make themselves heard in Rome

We protested against GE maize in 1999 - 5 years later Bayer withdraws the crop from the UK. Enlarge Image

GM setback in UK

Following the controversial UK government approval of genetically engineered (GE) maize for commercial planting, the only company authorized to grow GE maize has withdrawn its application. It now appears unlikely the UK will see any commercialised GE crops before 2008.

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European consumers mobilise against GE

Ge campaigners and activists were out in force throughout Europe over the week end as the EU rules on labelling products with genetically engineered (GE) ingredients came into effect.

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GE soya importers targeted in Italy

This morning 70 international Greenpeace activists uncovered thousands of tonnes of Genetically Engineered (GE) soya in warehouses in the Italian port of Ravenna. Recent samples taken from one of the warehouses have proven to be GE positive. Activists are currently preventing any GE soya from leaving the facility and are taking further samples.

Greenpeace canoeist arrested by the Guadia di Finanza during an action to prevent the offloading of 40,000 tonnes of Argentian GE Soya from the bulk carrier Keoyang Majesty. Enlarge Image

Italian Job Ends

Our marathon action in Chioggia, Italy came to an end last night after three days of protest when Italian police intervened to end our blockade of the Panama-registered bulk carrier, Keoyang Majesty, which is carrying 40,000 thousands tons of Argentine Genetically Engineered (GE) Soya.

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McDonald's does the right thing

Greenpeace New Zealand announced the end of its public campaign against McDonald's following the fast food giant's statement that it will seek non-genetically-engineered feed for its chicken products.

Monsanto took Percy Shmeiser to court because their crop contaminated his field. Enlarge Image

Monsanto wins right to pollute

After years of fighting against bio-tech giant Monsanto, Percy Shmeiser, a Canadian farmer who Monsanto claims did not acquire a licence to grow his crop of canola, has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Greenpeace activists occupy Moyesa/ Bunge soya processing facility to highlight the use of GE soya in the plant. Enlarge Image

Why Bunge is key to the GE campaign

This spring our 'Biosafety Inspectors' and activists have been globally monitoring imports and exports of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops - soya in particular - following the introduction of the EU legislation on GE labelling and traceability. A lot of this activity has concentrated on the practices of Bunge - not because we enjoy 'Bunge bashing' but because this transnational makes US$22 billion in revenue a year, a large proportion of which is from soya both GE and GE-free.

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Action up-date Following the action at the World Food Business Summit in Rome yesterday, 33 of our protestors were arrested. However that didn't stop two of activists infiltrating the Summit's cocktail party later on that evening carrying a brief case containing special audio equipment to play the recording of our consumers saying no to GMOs. Unfortunately these two activists received the same treatment as our other protestors and were ejected from the cocktail party after a few minutes, only to be arrested by the police. Yet again rather than enter into dialogue with Greenpeace regarding the wishes of European consumers the delegates preferred to hand us over to the authorities. All 35 of our activists were released in the early hours of the morning, two of them had to be taken to the emergency room after being rough-up during the arrest earlier on in the evening but were fine. Take Action! Please help us to protect the homeland of soya by building a cyber Great Wall to keep GE Soya out of China!