Topic: British Government

Originally from: Richard Mawdsley Introduction Cont'd Food Safety, International Trade, and History Repeated 8 June 2001 Justin Kastner and Doug Powell The Food Safety Network This paper was presented in June 2001 at the Joint Annual Meetings of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society.

Originally from: mark purdey Hi folks, Peter Greenhill has had an excellent letter published in last weeks Farmers Guardian, advising the need to bypass the mainstream official scientific establishment when it comes to solving issues such as the cause and control of diseases like BSE.

Originally from: Farmtalking The European Parliament are currently discussing new regulations on the welfare of animals whilst being transported, which are in themselves deficient in some very important ways, but which may offer an “opt out” to allow the UK to prevent the resumption of live export.

Originally from: Farmtalking From: ... Originally from – National Coordinator – Our World Our Say – http:/​/​www.ourworldoursay.org Katharine Gun, a courageous former translator at GCHQ, is facing two years is prison for exposing to The Observer how Britain and America spied on UN Security Council members before the vote on the Iraq war.

Originally from: Burkie Dear Ron: You are entitled to your opinions as I am to mine When did the British government ever pay the United States to get you out of your predicament in WWII. Or France!! Who's going to pay the families for their losses of men that tried to protect you people?

Originally from: Pat Gardiner That's the whole point. The US did not have the information. They were lied to by the British Government in the shape of Maff and later Defra. Like everyone else they were conned. The State Veterinary Service, who it seems could not tell CSF from PDNS, were faking everything in sight and threatening anyone who stood in their way.

Originally from: Mary Critchley I wonder if anyone could be kind enough to send DEFRA a response to the Government's consultation on pesticides? Today on warmwell http:/​/​www.warmwell.com/​inboxnew.html Sept 22 ~ Georgina Downs' campaign to get the government to tighten up the regulation of pesticides was covered in last week's Observer. She says that the deadline for the first Consultation on Greater Access to Information about Crop-spraying has been...

Originally from: David I found this on http:/​/​www.britainineurope.org.uk/​home.phtml Could have something to do with why I am not an NFU member. Agriculture 1.. British farmers would be better off if we left the EU. This is untrue. Ben Gill, President of the NFU, has said: \x{201C}Membership of the EU is vital to the interests of British farmers.

Originally from: Pat Gardiner I think you good people should see this… http:/​/​www.nationalpost.com/​scienceandtech/​story.html?id={F719D313–42E7–44CB -AFA3–6606B6BA6598} Message from an epidemic Scientists in Winnipeg are using live foot-and-mouth virus to defend North America against an outbreak Margaret Munro National Post Monday, March 17, 2003 CREDIT: Michel Spingler, The Associated Press As the world's third-largest exporter of cattle and...

Originally from: Farmtalking http:/​/​www.guardian.co.uk/​Iraq/​Story/​0,2763,908426,00.html Britain's dirty secret David Leigh and John Hooper Thursday March 6, 2003 The Guardian A chemical plant which the US says is a key component in Iraq's chemical warfare arsenal was secretly built by Britain in 1985 behind the backs of the Americans, the Guardian can disclose.