Rainbow Warrior stops GE shipment

A week after our Greenpeace team in Australia painted the hull of a ship in Brisbane with the demand to 'Stop GE Imports', the Rainbow Warrior has blocked the same ship from leaving Port Kembla, New South Wales on its way to Melbourne.

The Rainbow Warrior is anchored in the channel of Port Kembla Harbour, preventing The Rhein from delivering its load thousands of tonnes of genetically engineered soya to Melbourne and contaminating the Australian food chain.

"Imported soya is the largest source of GE contamination of the Australian food chain," said John Hepburn, our GE campaign co-ordinator in Australia. "In Brisbane last week this shipment was exposed as part of the unlabelled GE trade that sneaks in to Australia each year. Now we are taking action with the Rainbow Warrior to stop this shipment from travelling to Melbourne to be unloaded."

"The poultry industry is the backbone of the trade in genetically engineered soya in Australia and Inghams are the single largest user of GE. We're sending a clear message to Inghams and the rest of the Australian poultry industry that the public will not tolerate unlabelled GE in our food."

Inghams poultry is marketed nationally under the Inghams, Woolworths, and Safeway home brand labels.

"Most Australians would be shocked to know that their Sunday roast and barbeque chickens have been fed GE. We are being involved in a genetic experiment without our knowledge or consent. We will continue to take action around the world to keep GE out of our food and our fields."

He added: "It is time that Inghams and the rest of the Australian poultry industry sided with the interests of consumers and the environment, rather than supporting this risky technology by importing GE soya."

Take Action

- Tell Inghams to stop using GE feed

- Visit the True Food network to learn more about GE in the food chain

- Visit the Rainbow Warrior when it arrives in Melbourne.

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