The last few months have seen the lauch of two signigicant anti GM campaigns in Ireland. The no2gm campaign was launched on October 16th. It comprises of a group of organisations (such as IOFGA) and individuals who are running a consumer campaign to educate people about GM food. The campaign co-ordinator is Kitty Scully and [...]
Gillian Westbrook has been appointed in the new position of General Manager for IOFGA. Gillian has a varied background in Trading Standards Food and Agriculture in the UK, auditing in the food service industry, and she has done a lot of work with quality management systems in the food and agri business sector. She has [...]
IOFGA have relocated from Newtown Forbes, Co Longford to Athlone. The new address for the office is IOFGA, 16A Inish Carrig, Golden Island, Athlone, Co Westmeath tel no 090 6433680.
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BASF abandon their EU research on GM Crops
BASF the German multinational is withdrawing its European research on GM crop production citing “red tape in the EU” as the main reason for doing so. It is relocating its development to the US where consumer and legislative opposition is not so strong. This decision is a major set back for the advocates of GM [...]