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18 October 2013
FOOD FASCISM IN SOUTH AFRICA: TIGER BRANDS, PIONEER AND PREMIER FORCE FEEDING THE NATION RISKY GM...
The ACB has today, released test results on the most extensively consumed maize brands in South Africa, which indicate that the entire maize supply is utterly saturated with GM maize. ‘The majority of South Africans are not only eating GM maize without their knowledge and consent but have no choice or alternative whatsoever even if […]
12 July 2013
Do African Farmers Need CAADP?
The Peoples’ Dialogue and the Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE) have written a short booklet on the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the African Union’s framework for agricultural development for Africa, titled “Do African Farmers Need CAADP?” The objective is to summarise and simplify information on CAADP so as to, collectively, create […]
13 June 2013
Alarm over high GM content in Tiger Brands’ ‘Ace’ Maize Products, misleading la...
Just as consumers were welcoming the news that Tiger Brands has decided to ditch genetically modified (GM) ingredients in its baby food, GMO testing carried out by an independent laboratory on behalf of the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has revealed shocking results in respect of five of Tiger Brands’ most popular maize based products. […]
8 June 2013
Purity GMO Response
Dear Mariam Thank you for taking the time and trouble to write to us personally. We value feedback from our customers and concerned members of the public. Attached please find our response. Yours sincerely, Martin Lind Managing Executive HPCB C/O Melinda Potgieter PA to Martin Lind TIGERBRANDS Tel 011 840-4592 Tiger Brands responds to the […]
3 June 2013
G8 “Hunger Summit” initiative rejected by African civil society – Corporate tak...
At the heart of the leading initiatives to ‘modernise’ African agriculture is a drive to open markets and create space for multinationals to secure profits. Green revolution technologies – and the legal and institutional changes being introduced to support them – will benefit a few at the expense of the majority. As world leaders gather […]
10 May 2013
Cape Times alerts readers on the Impurity of Baby Purity
Following the ACB’s press release sent out the 5th May 2013, Melanie Gosling an environmental writer for the Cape Times ran a story on Thursday 9th May.
5 May 2013
Nestle baby food shuns GMOs, Purity GM baby food shock
The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today released results of tests conducted on seven baby formulas and cereals, by an independent and accredited GM testing laboratory. The results reveal that Purity baby cereals contain extremely high levels of GM content whereas Nestle’s infant formulas and cereal indicate that Nestle appears to be going GM […]
16 April 2013
Maíz transgénico de Sudáfrica: imposición en México y Zimbawe
BOLETÍN DE PRENSA Grupo ETC, Centro Africano para la Bioseguridad, FoodMattersZimbabwe y CTDT El Centro Africano para la Bioseguridad (ACB, African Center for Biosafety) manifiesta su alarma ante el hecho de que las autoridades sudafricanas dieron luz verde a la exportación de más de 25 mil toneladas de maíz transgénico hacia Zimbawe. Es la primera […]
15 April 2013
South Africa exports unapproved. GM maize to Zimbabwe, continues to export to Mexico, contaminati...
The ACB is deeply concerned by the news that the South African GMO authorities have permitted over 25,000 tons of GM maize to be exported to Zimbabwe. This is the first time that South African GM maize grains have been commercially exported to our neighbor north of the Limpopo, and adds to a growing list […]
2 April 2013
NEW SEED LEGISLATION SPELLS DISASTER FOR SMALL FARMERS IN AFRICA
Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling disaster for small farmers and food security in the region. These groups, representing millions of farmers in Africa and around the world have submitted their […]