Agricultural Biotechnology Council

The Agricultural Biotechnology Council (ABC) is a UK corporate lobby group funded by major biottechnology companies and run from the offices of a PR company, Lexington Communications.

On its website it describes itself as "promoting biotechnology in sustainable agriculture ... We represent the interests of companies involved in agricultural biotechnology research and the commercialisation of GM crops in the UK. We aim to create the conditions in which the UK farmers can safely and appropriately adopt this technology, for the benefit of consumers, the rural economy and the environment, thus helping to deliver a more sustainable future in agriculture."

According to Joker.com, the domain name for the group was registered on May 3, 2001 by Lynsey Vickers of Lexington Communications. The phone number listed on the registration for her - 020 7395 8949 - was a Lexington number. The original phone number for ABC was 020 7395 8944.

Members
On its website, ABC lists members as comprising :
 * BASF
 * Bayer CropScience
 * Dow AgroSciences
 * Pioneer (which is part of DuPont
 * Monsanto
 * Syngenta

Personnel

 * Dr Julian Little, Chairman (Little is from Bayer CropScience)

Contact details
PO Box 49710, London, WC1V 7WX Phone: 020 7025 2333 or 07909 521 949 Fax: 020 7025 2301 Email: enquiries AT abcinformation.org Web: http://www.abcinformation.org