It said that all the guests are checked thoroughly – and would be held “liable for any consequences if they are telling lies”. Sharon Tolfers said that she and the actor, Anthony Noel, met at a railway station before travelling to the show’s studios in Norwich.
Another guest, Eddie Wheeler, said he had appeared on the show with a woman posing as a “former girlfriend”.Mr Wheeler also claimed to have fooled The Vanessa Show and the now defunct ITV programme The Time, The Place.United Productions – which makes Trisha for Anglia TV – said it had been duped and not “colluded” in recruiting guests. It was claimed that the “boyfriend” of one guest on ITV’s Trisha – presented by Trisha Goddard – was an actor she had met only the night before. GM maize from the US may be present in soups, sauces, ready meals, curries, snacks and chewing gum.

Soya derivatives, such as soya oil and lecithin, may be present in thousands of processed foods No obligation to label. THE SCANDAL of hoaxers on so-called “confessional TV” chat shows widened yesterday after claims were made against two more shows. The store is currently labelling all own-label GM or GM derivative products. Examples are vegetarian bolognese sauce, soya mince, soya chunks, vegetarian moussakaICELAND STORESGuarantees that all own-brand foods produced after 1 May are GM-freeKWIKSAVEKwikSave No Frills bread and cheese productsHOUSEHOLD NAMESAmong products containing GM ingredients are: Pot Noodle, Vesta Beef Risotto, Batchelor’s Beanfeast, Godzilla pizza-filled skinless sausages, some flavours of Walkers crisps, some flavours of Smith’s crisps, Frazzles, Bacon FriesPROCESSED FOODAbout 60 per cent of processed foods, such as pasta, pizza, baby foods, baby milk, contain GM soya.

As reported in The Independent on Sunday last year, President Bill Clinton phoned Mr Blair to argue that Britain should accept genetically modified food.Who Sells WhatSAFEWAYConfirmed own-brand tomato puree contains GM tomatoes but refused to give any other detailsMARKS & SPENCERCould not provide a list of GM products but said all own-brand foods with GM ingredients are labelledTESCOProvided a comprehensive list of own-brand foods with GM ingredients, including Value soups and sausages, pies, fresh saucesSAINSBURY’SOwn-brand tomato puree contains GM tomatoes. There have been rumours that she was ruled out because of her sceptical views on the subject.”I would not dream of accusing anybody of acting for improper reasons because of links with commercial interests I don’t think that happens But I do think it happens in a more subtle way. You are hardly likely to question the fundamental assumptions about its safety if it would mean questioning your whole career,” she said.With political pressure mounting from biotechnology firms including the American corporation Monsanto, the Downing Street policy unit is now arguing that the spread of the foods in Britain is inevitable.The view of Liz Lloyd, who has responsibility for the subject in the unit and who met Monsanto representatives last year, was apparent when Tony Blair ruled out a moratorium on the crops at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.The only minister who has continued to argue for a moratorium, Michael Meacher, looks increasingly isolated on the subject.The pressure for full-scale production of the crops is not just coming from companies within Britain, though. Julie Shephard, of the Consumers’ Association, was nominated by three organisations for a place on the committee but was rejected. “Scientists who are desperately excited by the idea of genetic modification are not going to be deflected from this as an interesting and exiting research tool.”If companies have put millions of pounds into research of something or other then I suspect the Government is going to listen to them Wouldn’t you?” she asked.She was backed by other experts.

Several members of the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes have links to the biotechnology companies, while others are academics researching the subject.
Kate Venables, a senior lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Foundation, who was appointed to the committee in May last year, said its remit was too narrow for it to address public concerns. MEMBERS OF the Government committee that advises ministers on genetically modified food are so deeply involved in genetic research that they are unlikely to question it, a member of the committee said last night. “Let’s proceed on the basis of genuine scientific analysis and inquiry, proceed with very great care and caution and not get the facts mixed up.”Philip James, director of the Rowett Institute, vigorously defended his decision to suspend Dr Pusztai on the grounds that the lectin expert had become confused over key experiments on GM potatoes.Dr James said that Dr Pusztai had claimed in media interviews to have found ill-effects on rats fed with GM potatoes with a lectin called GNA – a protein derived from the snowdrop plant – but in fact he had mistaken these results for those on ordinary potatoes that had been deliberately laced with high concentrations of another, highly toxic lectin called Con A, which would never be used in human food.Dr James strongly denied that he had come under any political pressure to dismiss Dr Pusztai.The environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth called on the Prime Minister yesterday to hold an inquiry into the affair.. “There is no GM food that can be sold in this country without going through a very long regulatory process,” he said on BBC radio. Professor Ray Baker, chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council, said the potato experiments did not cast doubt on the safety of all GM food. “These potatoes were part of an experiment and were never intended for commercial production, nor are they available on the market,” he said.As the row over Dr Pusztai erupted, Tony Blair yesterday rejected calls for a moratorium on GM food and played down mounting concern.