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Food Aid Contaminated with Genetically Engineered Food
Zambian NGO News Release: Zambian religious, hunger relief and women's groups appeal to the world for non-GMO food aid - Nov. 15, 2002
Video: Zambian groups show cassava, an abundant non-GMO African staple crop, as one alternative to corn (you need RealPlayer to view this) - Nov. 15, 2002
Grassroots groups around the world obtained samples of food aid sent to their countries by the World Food Program and the U.S. Agency for International Development to determine if it was genetically modified. They presented the results of their investigation at the World Food Summit in Rome, June 10-13. Here is what they found:
Press Releases
Oxfam condemns the distribution of food aid contaminated with Genetically Modified Organisms - June 12, 2002
Illegal Genetically Engineered StarLink Corn Contaminates Food Aid - June 10, 2002
The United Nations World Food Programme: A response to the information provided by members of civil society about genetically modified foods, wishes to express the following to the citizens of Nicaragua - May 24, 2002 (pdf format)
Letter to USAID requesting recall and replacement of contaminated food aid be required of Aventis
GMO test results show varieties not approved in the U.S. and the EU
Bolivia (pdf format)
Guatemala (pdf format)
Nicaragua (pdf format)
Background Information on Testing Food Aid
GMO Testing Analytical Methods (in pdf format)
"GMO Contamination Around the World," a FoE International publication with case studies, recommendations, and an overview of available testing methods. (in pdf format)
More Information about Genetically Engineered StarLink Corn:
StarLink factsheet (pdf format)
StarLink regulatory history (pdf format)
StarLink media coverage chronology
Links to organizations
World Food Summit Web site
Bolivian Forum on Environment and Development (FOBOMADE)
Colectivo Madre Selva (in Guatemala)
Centro Humboldt (Friends of the Earth Nicaragua)
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