1.GM films and video
2.The regulators: GM food safety "not my job", says everyone
3.Defra denies secret GM trials
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1.GM films and video

*Reviews, info and links here
http://www.bangmfood.org/films

*Online videos on GM here
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B97FA36D17428A0F&page=1

*Particle physicist turned environment campaigner, Vandana Shiva discusses some of the ideas surrounding GM
http://fora.tv/2008/08/29/Vandana_Shiva_Misconceptions_About_GMOs
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2.The regulators: GM food safety "not my job", says everyone
http://www.bangmfood.org/quotes

*Philip Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications, quoted in Playing God in the Garden, New York Times Magazine, 25 October 1998:

"Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job."
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*US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Statement of Policy: Foods Derived from New Plant Varieties (GMO Policy), Federal Register, Vol. 57, No. 104, 1992, p. 229:

"Ultimately, it is the food producer who is responsible for assuring safety."
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Frequently Asked Questions on EFSA GMO Risk Assessment, The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), 15 May 2006, p. 7, http://www.cibpt.org/docs/FAQ-EFSA-GMO-Risk-Assessment.pdf :

"It is not foreseen that EFSA carry out such [safety] studies as the onus is on the applicant to demonstrate the safety of the GM product in question."
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3.Defra denies secret GM trials
By Jack Davies
Farmers Guardian, 17 November 2008
http://www.farmersguardian.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=22670

DEFRA has moved to deny reports that it is set to carry out secret GM crop trials around the UK.

The move comes after reports today (Monday, November 17), that ministers are planning to change policy to prevent anti-GM campaigners from vandalising field trials.

Although the Government has signalled its intent to carry out more trials on GM crops, it denied that any new policies had already been put in place.

Secretary of State Hilary Benn and former Food and Farming Minister Lord Rooker both called for greater protection for trials earlier this year, but a Defra spokesperson said the department was unable to change the rules without a green light from Europe where law demands details of all GM trials be made publicly available.

A Defra spokesperson said: “The Government has always maintained that human and environmental health are paramount, but the destruction and vandalism of GM crop trials risks withholding potential benefits to agriculture while simultaneously harming the UK’s science base.

“The Government is therefore taking stock of the situation, but no announcements have been made on a change in policy.”