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- ...iving Marxism]]. [[Global Futures]] appears to be one of a series of front groups generated by the political network of individuals involved with [[LM]] and ...fessor Sir [[John Krebs]] ([[University of Oxford]], the chairman of the [[Food Standards Agency]]) | Professor {[Sheila McLean]] (Director, Institute of L119 KB (16,177 words) - 08:21, 6 November 2021
- ...ion. Government minister Margaret Beckett reinforces the message that 'the Food Standards Agency... is very much an independent agency and an independent v ...d July 2009. As of May 2010 the chair was [[Jeff Rooker]],<ref>[http://www.food.gov.uk/aboutus/ourboard/boardmem/ Board members], FSA website, acc 27 May 247 KB (7,517 words) - 13:25, 17 April 2015
- ...lf as 'the web's most complete source of news and information about global food security concerns and sustainable agricultural practices'. ...ndana Shiva is an Indian environmentalist strongly critical of the biotech industry) or [http://www.foodsecurity.net/news/newsitem.php3?nid=1860&tnews=news Alt3 KB (371 words) - 14:24, 4 September 2009
- ...romotes the industry's views and works to build consumer confidence in the food chain as a whole.' ...ctober 2007)</ref>. Member organisations include the Rice Association, the Food Association, the Potato Processors Association, the British Soft Drinks Ass13 KB (2,013 words) - 02:16, 9 March 2015
- ...e Washington DC-based [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] (BIO) - the industry's major trade lobby which represents such corporate giants as Aventis, Bay ...ch raises more questions about the role played in this PR spectacle by the industry's biggest lobby organisation, BIO and by Giddings who was in Johannesburg a9 KB (1,417 words) - 01:36, 10 December 2012
- ...director for Guelph's [[Food Safety Network]], formerly known as the Agri-Food Risk Management and Communications Project, which Powell has attempted to o ...odified Foods Backed by Scientists, Regulators and Farmers], International Food Safety Network website, accessed 17 July 2009</ref>20 KB (3,014 words) - 14:55, 22 July 2009
- ...ce and to explore and contribute to knowledge, policies and information on food policy, diet and health. ...www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmallparty/160428/food-and-health.htm Food and Health APPG, Register 28 April 2016], ''parliament.uk'', accessed 10 Ma13 KB (1,653 words) - 09:53, 10 May 2016
- ...Director – Ex-Reagan executive director of the President's Task Force on Food Assistance. ...oundation]], and the [[Carthage Foundation]], all of which fund right-wing groups in the US[9].7 KB (973 words) - 10:41, 30 September 2016
- ...nge deniers?], CEO Report p.3,Accessed 11 February 2011</ref> Some unknown industry / industries are now funding ESEF / IPN to counter the environmental moveme ...0423050416/http://www.policynetwork.net/events/labelling_3march2003.htm GM food: should labelling be mandatory?], IPN website, version placed in web archiv11 KB (1,561 words) - 10:17, 10 August 2011
- ...hnology', saying it wants to "combat the misinformation put out by radical groups' who oppose genetic engineering". It claims this technology is actually 'sa ...proxies. ([http://www.gene.ch/genet/2002/Apr/msg00049.html The Promise of Food Security], April 4 2002)17 KB (2,547 words) - 01:05, 25 November 2013
- The Washington D.C.-based '''International Food Information Council''' (IFIC) says it is ...onprofit organization that communicates sound science-based information on food safety and nutrition topics to health professionals, journalists, governmen9 KB (1,140 words) - 10:39, 8 April 2015
- ...and the [[World Health Organisation]] (WHO). Its members include many big food, chemical, pharmaceutical, and GM crop companies. It has been active in des :Prominent researchers from industry and academia jointly lead ILSI, guiding its work to encourage scientific di27 KB (3,759 words) - 09:52, 31 August 2015
- ...e US's [http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=3124 exploitation of the food aid issue] for trade purposes. ...children starve every day? ...it isn't because of a worldwide shortage of food. It is because of a worldwide shortage of trade and technology.' Kleckner h8 KB (1,268 words) - 21:01, 15 March 2009
- ...Protection Association]], which represents the interests of the pesticides industry. Lexington also had [[Monsanto]] and the [[Agricultural Biotechnology Coun ====Biotech front groups====64 KB (7,145 words) - 05:44, 6 March 2018
- ...of Science, accessed 7 February 2009.</ref> In reality it is a label that industry supporters use to attack any science that shows that industrial products an ==Industry Connections==10 KB (1,428 words) - 16:35, 19 April 2009
- ...e, p139-143; S. Rampton & J. Stauber (2001) Trust Us, We’re Experts, How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Yours Future, Tarcher / Putnam, p272-2 ...h Ellsaesser]][8]. He is also on the Advisory board of the corporate front groups ACSH.[9] He appeared along with a whole host of anti-greens on the program19 KB (2,678 words) - 13:37, 5 October 2010
- ...hose trademark is its "aggressive" campaigns to counter community activist groups. It has been called "the pit bull of public relations."{{ref|1}}. The comp ...mical industry sponsored a tour of New Zealand by [[Ron Arnold]]. Wise Use groups have sprung up in Australia sporting bumper stickers such as, 'Fertilize th5 KB (782 words) - 12:24, 21 January 2020
- ...s release at the time of a speech by George W. Bush at the [[Biotechnology Industry Organization]] conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2003: ...ebate over the use of [GM foods] in Africa is unfortunately not just about food. If that were the case, millions more Africans would be going to bed with f2 KB (375 words) - 19:45, 26 March 2009
- ...to form a single company, '''Fishburn'''. The new firm comprises four core groups: ===Front groups===41 KB (5,204 words) - 13:23, 3 March 2017
- ...that the debate on the environment has been distorted by extreme pressure groups".<ref>Andy Rowell, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2001/jul/11/guardian However, the Alliance is seen by many as a corporate-friendly front group forwarding its own extreme agenda. It is also perfectly prepared to a30 KB (4,547 words) - 04:42, 25 July 2015
- ...t-us-details.htm?articleid=14868 Ardana Bioscience scoop two biotechnology industry awards]", Scottish Enterprise website, accessed October 2008</ref> "Already our biotechnology industry is world famous for Dolly the sheep," Lennox enthused. Dolly, the first mam12 KB (1,715 words) - 11:00, 11 October 2011
- ...SIRC mentioned, on the back cover of the report, only that HRT Aware was "industry supported."<ref>SIRC. [http://www.sirc.org/publik/jubilee_women.pdf Jubilee ...or the pharmaceutical industry - HRT Aware - and that it formed part of an industry-fashioned campaign.<ref>Jocalyn Clark, [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ar31 KB (4,583 words) - 17:21, 12 March 2012
- ...s (PR) agencies in the world and also the most notorious. When helping its industry clients to escape environmental legislation or sprucing up the image of som ...rfing]]' campaigns PR helps to maintain a legislative environment on which industry can avoid real change.60 KB (7,789 words) - 01:17, 9 November 2018
- ...e US's [http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=3124 exploitation of the food aid issue] for trade purposes. ...children starve every day? ...it isn't because of a worldwide shortage of food. It is because of a worldwide shortage of trade and technology.' Kleckner h11 KB (1,787 words) - 17:39, 18 May 2010
- '''Elizabeth Whelan''' is co-founder and president of the industry front group, the [[American Council on Science and Health]] (ACSH). She defends p Whelan says: "I've been called a paid liar for industry so many times I've lost count."<ref>"[http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/19983 KB (449 words) - 19:03, 17 August 2009
- ...e alcohol industry that claims to promote social responsibility within the industry, primarily focusing on responsible marketing, labelling and speaking for it ...rom other kinds of drug and to give it a good face is the main activity of groups like the Portman Group." <ref> Jim Carey, 1997. [http://ecstasy.org/info/ji27 KB (3,977 words) - 10:52, 1 October 2012
- ...of GM plants had the potential to offer benefits in agricultural practice, food quality, nutrition and health. ...an Gillard, "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/1999/nov/01/gm.food Pro-GM food scientist 'threatened editor']," ''The Guardian'', 01.11.1999, accessed 17.28 KB (4,331 words) - 14:40, 27 January 2017
- ...to its blacklist. But the League sold on its blacklist to the construction industry which set up a trade association - The Consulting Association - to continue ...]] Director of the [[National Publicity Agency]] lobbyists for the Brewery Industry111 KB (15,701 words) - 15:53, 1 October 2014
- '''Media Smart''' is an organisation funded by fast-food, media and toy industries. Its website states it is a: ...the process. The government is also involved in the initiatives as well as industry experts.”Source: Barbie Clark interview with Cathy Loblaw and Diana Carra15 KB (2,182 words) - 11:35, 21 January 2016
- ===Front Groups=== *[[Industry and Parliament Trust]]1 KB (176 words) - 14:07, 16 August 2008
- ...ted to exposing and reporting on the spin and lobbying efforts of the food industry. It is part of [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]]—your guide to networks o ...out misleading information about issues such as nutrition, obesity and the food supply chain. <br>11 KB (1,431 words) - 00:25, 27 July 2017
- ...so called 'revolving door' between politics and the lobbying industry. For industry-specific lobbying, visit the relevant Powerbase portals (from the homepage ...50px|To take a tour of some of the major lobbying firms, industry lobbying groups and think tanks that surround Parliament in central London, visit the [http15 KB (2,018 words) - 04:00, 28 July 2017
- '''ARISE''' (Associates for Research into the Science of Enjoyment) was a front group which worked to deny the risks of the consumption of tobacco and alco == Tobacco Industry ==7 KB (1,003 words) - 11:35, 12 July 2013
- ...nd reduce the incidence of alcohol misuse. Diageo believes that the drinks industry also has an important role to play in support of this effort' <ref> Diageo ...ety is protected and even strengthened. This in turn has given the alcohol industry a voice in policy formulation, allowing it to present to the British govern31 KB (4,686 words) - 21:21, 8 May 2009
- ===Campaigning Groups Dealing with Alcohol Issues, and Support Groups=== ...UK government's alcohol policy has been created with the interests of the industry in mind.5 KB (676 words) - 11:48, 4 September 2008
- ...n the DC-based think tank element of the backlash movement, including such groups as the [[Cato Institute]], the [[Competitive Enterprise Institute]] and [[C :According to internal tobacco industry documents Ridenour is described in a 1995 memo by the Philip Morris tobacco11 KB (1,504 words) - 10:40, 7 July 2010
- ...ulate tobacco were based on the same "junk science" as efforts to regulate food additives, automobile emissions and other industrial products that had not Tellingly the groups have worked together. In December 1997, they issued a joint press release s6 KB (862 words) - 17:17, 4 October 2010
- ...iotech products to be readied for the market and as such the whole biotech industry had an interest. The only problems were gaining approval for its commercial ...ich B-M was one. Pro-rBGH information was rapidly distributed to the dairy industry, the press and the general public. In this way a 'grass-roots' coalition wa29 KB (4,352 words) - 22:49, 15 May 2009
- ...DuPont as providing synthetic plastics, rubber and textiles to the defence industry. {{ref|6}} According to the ''Ethical Matters'' magazine website, DuPont wa ==Control of the Food Chain==47 KB (6,825 words) - 19:46, 19 July 2007
- ...vans emblazoned with the slogan "The Economic League Tells The Truth about Industry". One leaflet described the NUWM as "a purely Communist body" and continued ...miralty pointing out their interest in countering subversive activities in Industry and asking for any information they could have about him. The Admiralty dul60 KB (9,504 words) - 20:51, 1 February 2008
- ...tandards: "The whole system relies on audits. Workers can be questioned in front of their bosses; audits are often short and sometimes take place just once ...g supermarkets carry out their business abroad. In Bangladesh, the garment industry employs around two million people and accounts for 75% of the country’s e64 KB (10,114 words) - 13:16, 8 September 2009
- ...spices of the [[Advertising Association]]. According to the FAU it is<ref>Food Advertising Unit Website http://www.adassoc.org.uk/aa/index.cfm/fau/members ...FAU helps to promote one voice across the food and soft drink advertising industry by co-ordinating the efforts of individual members and by working in partne7 KB (981 words) - 17:00, 21 January 2016
- ...ess than popular with the public. "There is a high suspicion of the pharma industry. Greed, dishonesty and fraud are some of its associations. The clinical tri ...vice president of R&D in the global fabric and home-care group, got up in front of his colleagues and declared that they had borrowed their approach to the54 KB (8,750 words) - 12:00, 28 March 2008
- ...; Tesco Superstore; and Tesco Extra, which carries the widest range of non-food products. <ref> The Independent Website [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ ...ermarkets. Now these supermarkets take 75% of British shoppers spending on food in supermarkets. Tesco in particular has recorded huge growth, doubling its66 KB (10,141 words) - 14:54, 13 July 2016
- ...ng of EU directives. All of this undermines British businesses on the home front as they battle in global markets.' ''Sir Terry Leahy''{{ref|1}} ...bit of a problem with national and European regulation, and through lobby groups and close links with government, has sought to loosen ‘restrictive’ reg24 KB (3,559 words) - 01:27, 24 March 2014
- ...able all year round it still transports millions of tonnes of food and non-food products around the world by air freight, and supports industrial agricultu ...hout actually having to do anything. As mentioned in the section on 'Lobby Groups', Tesco is represented in UNICE, which lobbies against binding targets for80 KB (13,052 words) - 17:55, 29 July 2007
- More than eight million people had to do slave work for the Nazi war industry, and none ever received compensation from the companies or the government. The Canadian anti-trust commission also found Haarmann and Reimer and other food additives manufacturers guilty of illegal price fixing in the case of citri75 KB (11,176 words) - 11:18, 24 August 2009
- ...is compact would be better placed to deal with "pressure from single-issue groups". Again, they would be allowed to use the UN's logo. But there would be no ...its senior executives, [[Matthias Kleinert]], shaking hands with Annan in front of the UN flag. The article continues by stating that, 'they are not alone39 KB (5,546 words) - 15:37, 22 January 2010
- ...ependent scientific analysis on issues ranging from personalized medicine, food and drug safety, health care reform and comparative effectiveness. <ref> CM ...(CMPI) is a New York-based think tank headed by [[Peter Pitts]], a former Food and Drug Administration official who appears frequently on newscasts condem12 KB (1,623 words) - 16:52, 14 December 2010
- ===Business lobby groups=== ===Front Groups===1 KB (177 words) - 16:34, 28 January 2015
