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- Companies Block GM Sugar Beets, But For the Wrong Reasons
- There are plenty of good reasons to avoid the genetically modified sugar beets that were harvested for the first time last fall. First of all, the plants are loaded with pesticides. The entire point of the Roundup Ready sugar beets is that the plants are resistant to...
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
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- Congress steps up pressure on Bush administration to take action against the EU's GMO moratorium - US action involving WTO urged regarding genetically modified organism stance
- The chairman of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee on January 27 separately urged WTO action against the European Union for its position on genetically modified organisms. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas (R-CA) called "outrageous" alleged EU pressure on African nations not to accept U.S....
- Research articles 2003-02-03
- WTO ruling on EU GM policy delayed.(European Policy News)(World Trade Organisation)(European Union)(genetically modified organism)(Brief Article)
- A World Trade Organisation dispute panel has once again delayed reaching a preliminary decision on the legality of the EU's policy for genetically modified organisms GMOs--most likely for procedural reasons. A World Trade Organisation dispute panel has once again delayed reaching a preliminary...
- Research articles 2006-01-06
- Some Midwest Grain Elevators Pay Extra for Seed Not Genetically Modified.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 22--PEKIN, Ill.--Area farmers looking for answers to the Genetically Modified Organism question at a forum in Pekin Tuesday did learn one thing: Some grain elevators in the area are paying more for non-GMO grain. Fred Reeves, manager of the Taloma Grain Elevator in...
- Research articles 1999-12-21
- EU doubts GM maize detection test.(European Union, genetically modified crops)(Brief article)
- The European Commission this week cast doubt on the reliability of a detection method used by experts to identify the genetically modified GM organism Bt10 maize. The European Commission this week cast doubt on the reliability of a detection method used by experts to...
- Research articles 2006-04-07
- EFSA OPENS CONSULTATION ON GM MICRO-ORGANISM RISK ASSESSMENT.(European Food Safety Authority)(genetically modified)(Brief article)
- The European Food Safety Authority on July 18 launched an open consultation on its risk assessment for genetically-modified micro-organisms GMMs. EFSA says it wants feedback on its GMM guidance document, which is designed to help applicants request The European Food Safety Authority on July 18 launched...
- Research articles 2005-07-22
- EU clamps down on US rice imports after illegal GM shipment.(European Policy News)
- Any shipment of long grain rice entering the EU from the US must be laboratory tested and certified free from the unauthorised genetically modified organism GMO known as LL RICE 601, the European Commission ruled on Wednesday. Any shipment of long grain rice entering...
- Research articles 2006-08-25
- Down in the forest, something stirs; Genetically modified arboriculture.(Genetically modified trees)
- GM trees are on their way IN SEPTEMBER 2004, a group of scientists from around the world announced that they had deciphered yet another genome. By and large, the world shrugged and ignored them. The organism in question was neither cuddly and furry, nor...
- Research articles 2005-01-08
- EU orders China to prove that rice is GMO free
- BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission demanded Tuesday that China provide proof that rice products it is sending to the EU do not contain a genetically modified strain. "The European Commission decided today to require compulsory certification for the imports of Chinese rice products that could contain the unauthorised...
- Research articles 2008-02-12
- Market offers food for thought
- Genetically altered crops draw protests, orders. 2000 SOYBEAN EXPO By JONNA LORENZ The Capital-Journal Even though many Europeans are opposed to genetically altered foods, agriculture leaders say the worldwide market is strong. Representatives from Monsanto Co., Novartis Seeds and Cargill...
- Research articles 2000-01-13
- Pharming: the food industry says genetically modified food is perfectly safe; consumers, environmentalists, and many others aren't so sure. (Food - GM Food).(Statistical Data Included)
- Traditional plant genetics swaps genes between similar species, so the process is more like natural selection. Genetic engineering allows genes from any plant or organism to be inserted into any other plant or organism, by-passing natural reproductive barriers between species. For example, fish genes have been...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- EU to investigate fresh GM rice scare.(Genetically modified organism)
- Environmental campaign groups Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth FOE claimed this week that they had identified traces of unauthorised Chinese GM rice in European food products (see also page A/1 this issue). Environmental campaign groups Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth FOE...
- Research articles 2006-09-08
- Consumers' Valuation of GMO Segregation Programs in Japan
- The contingent valuation method was used to elicit Japanese consumers' willingness-to-pay for genetically modified organism GMO segregation programs. The results revealed that most consumers pay nonnegligible premiums for products produced under strict GMO-segregation programs. However, we found that the premium did not vary by the threshold level of GMO content...
- Research articles 2006-04-01
- DETECTION METHODS FOR UNAUTHORISED GMO RICE
- Europe Information 09-05-2006 Following the EU emergency measures regarding the potential presence of non-authorised genetically modified organism GMO LL RICE 601 in rice and products imported from the US (see Europolitics 3137), the Community Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed has published detection methods provided by Bayer...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- EU/US : EU BLOCKS UNAUTHORISED GM RICE IMPORTS FROM THE US
- Europe Information 08-30-2006 Imports of long-grain rice from the US will now have to be certified as free from GMO LL Rice 601 following a decision adopted by the European Commission on 23 August. The move follows Washington's announcement on 18 August that this unauthorised genetically modified organism GMO...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- EU commissioner and EFSA tangle
- The European Union EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas told a conference on GMO genetically modified organism co-existence in Vienna, Austria, on April 5 he was warning the EU's Food Safety Agency EFSA that, although it had considered the short-term consequences of licensing GMOs, it would need to consider its failure...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Leatherhead and Genetic ID to collaborate
- Leatherhead Food International LFI of Leatherhead, Surrey, United Kingdom, and Genetic ID Europe based in Augsburg, Germany, have agreed to a strategic collaboration, according to a report carried by Soyatech.com on August 8. The agreement now means that Leatherhead can add Genetic ID's ISO 17025 accredited GMO genetically modified organism...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- DETECTION METHODS FOR UNAUTHORISED GMO RICE.
- Following the EU emergency measures regarding the potential presence of non-authorised genetically modified organism GMO LL RICE 601 in rice and products imported from the US, the Community Reference Laboratory for GM Food and Feed has published detection methods provided by Bayer CropScience, validation by US...
- Research articles 2006-09-08
- FOOD SAFETY : US HAS 15 DAYS TO STEP UP CONTROLS ON CONTAMINATED RICE.
- The European Commission decided on 4 October to open negotiations with the United States with a view to improving the reliability of tests across the Atlantic certifying that shipments of rice destined for Europe are LL601-free'. A few weeks earlier, the discovery of traces of...
- Research articles 2006-10-20
- Techno food: genetically modified crops cook up a sizzling debate - Life/Tech Science: Genetic Engineering Food Safety
- Stroll down a supermarket aisle pick up any of your favorite munchies--corn chips, soda, ice cream. Sounds good. But how would you feel if you knew these foods contained microscopic bits of fish, or even bacteria? Hard to believe? Today nearly 70 percent of processed foods sold in the...
- Research articles 2001-11-26
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