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Archive stories 2002

Genetically Engineered Food

19/03/2002 "Hare and tortoise" show Hong Kong lags behind in Ge labelling

12/03/2002 Campaign to rid supermarkets of GE food launches in the US

14/02/2002 Spain's largest soya importer accused of deliberate genetic contamination

Artificial Organisms

16/05/2002 EU suppresses GE study: Added costs predicted for farmers

14/05/2002 Greenpeace bees arrested: Genetic experiment in Swedish fields proceeds

24/04/2002 Illegal Monsanto maize from Argentina found in Swiss food

23/04/2002 Mexican groups appeal to NAFTA Environmental Commission to force action against genetic contamination

17/04/2002 Monsanto admits to another instance of unapproved GE crops contaminating food supply

06/05/2002 Greenpeace bees arrested: Genetic experiments in Swedish fields proceeds

06/04/2002 Greenpeace stops US shipment of maize to Mexico to eliminate source of genetic contamination

28/03/2002 US figures for 2002 GE crop planting released today among worldwide rejection of GE crops - Greenpeace briefing

27/03/2002 GE crops cause massive, unmanagable contamination; Europe cannot ignore official warnings, say leading environmental groups

22/02/2002 US Department of Agriculture's review process for genetically engineered crops questioned

03/02/2002 Greenpeace blocks US GE soya shipment to the Philippines.

01/02/2002 China to impose tight rules to control GMOs

18/01/2002 EU Commission fails to protect European agriculture from genetic contamination

16/01/2002 GE oilseed rape pollen found in Canadian honey in Germany

10/01/2002 Organic farmers in Canada sue Monsanto and Aventis

Patents on Life

05/02/2002 Greenpeace Slams Latest EPO-granted Patent on Plants and Land

Biosaftey Protocol

25/01/2002 Greenpeace welcomes Spain's ratification of the Biosafety Protocol

Food for All

14/02/2002 Real Green Revolution organic and agroecological farming in the South

03/04/2002 Nestle uses consumers as guinea pigs: Greenpeace finds "unknown DNA" in Nestle products