The Dominion (New Zealand) 27/7/99 Greens hit at modified foods THE Green Party has stepped up its opposition to genetically modified products, beginning a series of protests outside supermarkets stocking altered foods or supporting literature. It has made a complaint about the appearance in supermarkets of "pro-genetic engineering" pamphlets, to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board. The pamphlets, headed GM Foods -Answers to Your Questions, and with a forward by Royal Society of New Zealand president Sir John Scott, were part of a multinational global disinformation campaign, party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said. "The organic alternatives are completely ignored." Green Party members would be approaching supermarket managers, suggesting shops stock balancing literature. |
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