NSW: Rainbow Warrior skipper charged over anti-GE protest=2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2004
NSW: Rainbow Warrior skipper charged over anti-GE protest=2

A Greenpeace spokeswoman said the ship's skipper, Derek Nicholls, was back in possession
of the Rainbow Warrior and the crew were preparing to depart Port Kembla harbour for Melbourne
at 7am (AEST).

"Ultimately we wanted to stop this shipment of genetically engineered soy getting into
our food chain, so we weren't successful in that, but we've been very successful in delaying
the shipment and in highlighting this issue to the people of Australia," the spokeswoman
said.

Meanwhile, Greenpeace GE campaigner Tina Meckel said six activists were this morning
continuing their protests against GE soy at the south-west Sydney headquarters of poultry
supplier Inghams.

"We're putting lettering up next to the Ingham's logo on their building at Liverpool
which says `Yuk GM feed'," Ms Meckel said.

"The aim is to alert Australian consumers that Inghams is feeding its chickens genetically
modified soy and to send a clear message to Inghams that `yuk' is the reaction most people
have when they hear about genetically modified feed."

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