Month: May 2018

Our letter to GEAC on its (facetious) so-called Review of GM mustard in its 134th meeting

———- Forwarded message ———- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 14 May 2018 at 16:02 Subject: GEAC’s 134th meeting minutes – our serious concerns regarding the same To: sujata@nic.in, cm.krishna@gov.in, akmehta@nic.in Cc: geac.secretariat@gov.in, gyanesh.bharti@ias.nic.in, Madhumita Biswas <mbiswas2012in@gmail.com>, membersecretarygeac@gmail.com, kveluthambi@rediffmail.com, crb26@hotmail.com, sesikeran B <sesikeran@gmail.com>, nppbg@pau.edu, kk.sinha@nic.in, srrao@dbt.nic.in, aptesk@barc.gov.in, ddgcs.icar@nic.in, js_sandhuin@yahoo.com, kumarv@icmr.org.in, sonti@ccmb.res.in, Swati_sri_2002@yahoo.com, ppa@nic.in, ccb.cpcb@nic.in, jsseeds-agri@nic.in, […]

FSSAI’s draft labeling notice is inconsistent & ultra vires-Remember, GM foods are not permitted in India!

———- Forwarded message ———- From: GM Free India <indiagmfree@gmail.com> Date: 7 May 2018 at 08:29 Subject: Our comment on Draft Notice on Food Safety & Standards (labelling and display) Regulations 2018 To: regulation@fssai.gov.in To: Shri Pawan Kumar Agarwal Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, 3rd Floor,  FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New […]

Regulators Pass Buck to Each Other & Other Ministries While Hundreds of Tonnes of Illegal GM Seed Import Takes Place Into India (English and Hindi Press Release)

New Delhi, May 2nd2018: Continuing the complaint-forwarding chain, Ministry of Commerce & Industry’s Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has asked Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare to take actions on the illegal Genetically Modified (GM) seed import taking place in India. Ironically, while […]

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