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• BASF presses officials to approve its GM potato

  - 2008-04-19

  LIMBURGERHOF, Germany AFP — German chemical giant BASF is cranking up pressure on the European Commission to get its green light for a genetically modified potato, a world first the company has decided deserves a few pages of advertising. It wrote an open letter to the European Union's executive...

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• BASF hopes for green light from EU on GM potato this year

  - 2007-06-04

  FRANKFURT AFP — German chemicals giant BASF is hoping to receive the green light from the European regulatory authorities for a genetically modified potato this year, a top executive said in a newspaper interview published Monday. "We still believe we'll have EU approve for Amflora this year," BASF board...

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• GM trial scrapped

  - 2007-05-19

  BASF has backed down on plans to grow GM potatoes on a trial site in East Yorkshire this year, despite securing permission. It said it may use the site in the future.

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• Defra approves a second site for GM potato trials.

  - 2007-05-14

  M2 PRESSWIRE-14 May 2007-UK Government: Defra approves a second site for GM potato trialsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14052007 After public consultation, Defra has now given approval for a site in East Yorkshire to be used by BASF for its GM potato trials...

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• Defra invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trials.

  - 2007-02-27

  M2 PRESSWIRE-27 February 2007-UK Government: Defra invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trialsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27022007 Defra gave approval in December for the company BASF to undertake research trials of a GM potato at two sites in England,...

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• With GM potato trials being planted in the UK in two months, the GM food debate is moving forward, says BASF senior project manager Andy Beadle

  - 2007-01-27

  BASF is preparing to conduct two trials of GM potatoes that are resistant to e devastating potato disease. They will be the first GM trials in the UK since 2003, end have revived the public debate on the future of GM. According to a new report more than 102...

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• Defra approves GM Potato research trials.

  - 2006-12-01

  M2 PRESSWIRE-1 December 2006-Defra: Defra approves GM Potato research trialsC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:01122006 Defra has approved an application by the company BASF to undertake trials of a GM disease-resistant potato. The trials will take place on two sites in England,...

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• GM spuds

  - 2006-08-26

  German agriculture and industrials firm BASF has applied to trial two varieties of genetically modified potatoes in the UK. BASF says the potatoes are more resistant to the problem of late blight and their introduction could save 2bn [pounds sterling] of lost crop globally.

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• Government Must Reject Plans to Grow GM Potatoes.

  - 2006-08-23

  M2 PRESSWIRE-23 August 2006-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: Government Must Reject Plans to Grow GM PotatoesC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23082006 The Government should reject plans to grow experimental trials of GM potatoes at two locations in England, Friends of the Earth said ...

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• Tight conditions see off BASF's GM trials

  - 2006-06-10

  Irish trials of genetically modified potatoes, which had provoked protests by food producers and environmentalists, have been called off for this year--and may now never go ahead. BASF, the German chemical giant, had been given permission by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency EPA, for five-year trials of the blight-resistant...

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