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 Genetically Modified Agricultural Products Related News - 2007

Last Updated:1/3/2008

 

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DECEMBER

 

§      New panel being set up to regulate GM food import   (12/4/07) 

§      NSW Parliament approves GM plan  (12/6/07) 

§      GM laws cause confusion  (12/6/07) 

§      Last-Ditch Attempt To Keep GM Genie In Its Bottle   (12/6/07) 

§      Vic Govt's GM adviser denies conflict of interest  (12/6/07)

§      Chief scientist's blast over GM and triple vaccine  (12/7/07) 

§      We need GM crops, says new chief scientist  (12/13/07) 

 

NOVEMBER

 

§   Labor cowardly on GM crops: Coalition  (11/4/07)

§   Is the Continent Being Bullied Into Growing GM Crops?  (11/7/07)

§   FSA plans review of unauthorised GM rice  (11/8/07)

§   Seeds are sown for GM crops by 2009 (11/9/07)

§   Govt sure NSW or Vic will axe GM ban (11/13/07)

§   NGO asks gov’t to deny Bayer petition (11/15/07)

§   SAFF remains firm on GM crops stance (11/19/07)

§   SC issues notice to Centre on import of GM processed food (11/20/07)

§   DA rejects request to back ban on GMOs (11/20/07)

§   Chief scientist says atomic power and GM crops are the future  (11/27/07)

§   European Official Faults Ban on Genetically Altered Feed (11/27/07)

§   NSW, Vic lift GM bans in landmark moves (11/27/07)

§   Vic Govt urged to extend GM crops moratorium (11/27/07)

§   Brown Must Embrace GM Crops To Head Off Food Crisis - Chief Scientist (11/29/07)

 

OCTOBER

 

§     CODEX proposes guidelines for non-approved GMOs (10/05/07)

§     Govt asks industry to monitor GM soybean oil import (10/05/07) 

§     USDA concludes genetically engineered rice investigation (10/08/07)

§     Romanian senate approves GMO growth (10/25/07)

§     Demand for GMO labels on food (10/31/07)

§     EU Commission to rule on Austria's ban on GMO corn (10/31/07)

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

AUGUST

 

 

JULY

 

§     NSW Govt plans to review GM ban  (7/16/07)  

§     Government urged to reject 'dangerous' GM corn (7/19/07)

§     NSW farmers step up pressure on govts  (7/19/07)

§     Govt urged to get serious about promoting biotechnology (7/19/07)

§     Ethics group accuses govt agency of rigging GM survey results (7/23/07)

 

JUNE

 

§     Planet Biotechnology, Inc. - Availability of an environmental assessment for a field release of Nicotiana hybrids genetically engineered to produce antibodies  (6/13/07)

§     Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed field release of genetically engineered safflower  (6/19/07)

§      Congress 5/End Ban On Genetically Modified Cropso (6/20/07)

§     Greenpeace protests against GM maize in Czech Republic (6/26/07)

§     EU Govts Deadlocked Over Genetically Modified Corn Imports (6/26/07)

§     Kenya's National Biosafety Committee approves field trails of a genetically engineered cotton variety  (6/28/07)

 

MAY

 

§     Greenpeace says it found illegal GM corn in U.S. shipment to EU (5/01/07) 

§     Court Rejects Appeal on GM Canola Case  (5/4/07)

§     Supreme Court of India lifts temporary ban on field trials of GM crops  (5/11/07)

§     SC ruling on GMOs restarts seed supply (5/11/07) 

§     UK govt approves a 2nd site for BASF GM potato trials (5/14/07) 

§     Govt to consult over GM ban expiry (5/14/07) 

§     Scientists vote for GM cotton (5/16/07) 

§     Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for a proposed field release of rice genetically engineered to express lactoferrin, lysozyme, or serum albumin  (5/16/07)

 

APRIL

 

§     House Ag Committee Kills Proposed Bill to Ban Genetically Engineered Taro (4/02/07) 

§     Greenpeace activist denied access to data on safety tests of GM crops (4/04/07) 

§     EFSA panel reconfirms opinion on nptII plant gene safety (4/17/07)

§     Lithuanian government rejects petitions for field trials of transgenic corn and rapeseed  (4/19/07)

§     Agbiotech's Public Policy Follies (4/30/07) 

 

MARCH

 

§     USDA approves genetically engineered rice (3/05/07) 

§     Govt extends suspension of rule on GM soyoil imports (3/13/07) 

§     USDA accused of lax food safety measures (3/13/07) 

§     Bill seeks to protect wild rice (3/16/07)

§     Anti-GM Stunt Targets France's Sarkozy (3/19/07)

§     USDA Clarifies Policy on Low-Level Presence of Genetically Engineered Material (3/28/07) 

§     South African government rejects modified maize (3/29/07) 

 

FEBRUARY

 

§     Organic firms slam GM label plan (2/5/07) 

§     Hungary lobbies other EU members to support GM crop ban (2/6/07) 

§     USDA Faulted On Oversight Of Test Crops (2/7/07) 

§     Govt urged to consider GMO (2/8/07)   

§     Greenpeace vows to block GMO rice approval in RP (2/12/07)

§     GM food and the harm of hysteria (2/19/07) 

§     FSA challenged in court over GM contamination (2/20/07)

§     Judicial Review favours FSA in GM contamination case (2/26/07) 

§     Bill would hold makers of engineered crops liable for damage (2/28/07)

 

JANUARY

 

§   Yellow-Seeded Canola Part of Genome Project — Canola Guide (1/1/07) 

§   Summit participants express varying views on GMOs  (1/3/07)

§  SemBioSys to Proceed With Abbreviated Regulatory Path for Plant-Produced Insulin After Meeting With the FDA  (1/3/07)

§   DBT contemplates changes to GM crop field trial regulations   (1/10/07)

§   Greenpeace says British Columbians want labels on genetically modified food (1/19/07) 

§   GM fears a pile of crop, says APEC (1/22/07)

§   APEC forum discusses agricultural biotechnology (1/24/07)

 

DECEMBER

 

§     Pacific: Oceania at Risk from Biotechnology Exploitation and Genetically-Modified Food  (12/6/07)

§     GMO Crops: A Growing Concern  (12/7/07)

§     Kim Chance "out of touch" on GMs  (12/7/07)

§     Brazil Court Says Syngenta Can't Use Parana Site For GM Tests   (12/7/07) 

§     Market sends mixed signals re GM  (12/7/07)

§     Redesigning trees  (12/10/07) 

 

NOVEMBER

 

§     Can Genetically Modified Lettuce Cure Diabetes?  (11/2/07)

§     Hawaii seed crop business up sharply (11/5/07)

§     Bioplastics: Long green row to hoe- Associated Press (11/5/07)

§     Fourteen Global Experts Comment on the Safety and Use of Genetically Modified Food Crops  (11/5/07)

§     Greenpeace: Contamination by biotech rice could cost US industry $1.2 billion  (11/6/07)

§     U.S. GMO rice caused $1.2 bln in damages -- Greenpeace (11/6/07)

§     An alternative approach to genetic engineered alfalfa (11/9/07)

§     Genetically modified grain exports remain strong (11/12/07)

§     Genetically modified corn is subject of hearing (11/13/07)

§     Genetically modified seeds raise contamination fears (11/16/07)

§     Critics brand new breed of super seed 'frankenfood? (11/26/07)

§     Round 2 for Biotech Beets (11/27/07)

§     Next up for U.S. farmers: Genetically modified sugar beets (11/27/07)

§     Court Rejects North Dakota Farmers' Bid to Grow Industrial Hemp  (11/30/07)

 

OCTOBER

 

§     Bud maker denies GM accusations (10/09/07)

§     Genetically engineered corn could harm aquatic ecosystems (10/09/07)

§     Genetically engineered plants eat toxic waste (10/17/07)

§     Science should be only criteria for setting biotech corn rules (10/18/07) 

§     Genetically altered food: Labels hotly debated in Iowa (10/19/07)

§     WA considers GM cotton for the Ord (10/22/07)

§     Biotech foods are still hard to swallow (10/23/07)

§     Time is right for biotech wheat - U.S. growers (10/24/07)

§     Transgenic corn and refuges (10/26/07) 

§     Genetically modified periwinkle could become biofactory (10/31/07)

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

AUGUST

 

 

JULY

 

§     Brewers face GMO testing (7/13/07)

§      U.S. to mull changes to oversight of biotech crops (7/13/07)

 

JUNE

 

§      Debate on GM food becoming a political fight (6/01/07)

§      Experts Express Confidence in the Safety of Genetically Modified Foods (6/05/07)

§      U.S. firm seeks patent for artificial life form (6/11/07)

§      Small, self-controlled planes to detect airborne pathogens above agricultural fields  (6/11/07)

 

MAY

 

§      Ethanol makers look to grass, citrus, even trash (5/08/07)

§      Interest in genetically modified crops rooted in funding (5/09/07) 

§      SC allows approved field trials of GM crops  (5/9/07)

§      Researchers attach genes to minichromosomes in maize (5/15/07) 

§      Cheaper, cleaner ethanol from biotech corn (5/16/07)

§      U.S. approves GMO rice to produce human proteins (5/17/07) 

§      Biofuel research gathers steam (5/23/07)

§      GM crops survive weed-whacking herbicide (5/25/07) 

§      Minnesota aims to protect wild rice from biotech (5/30/07)  

 

APRIL

 

§      Biofuels launch biotech’s ‘third wave’ (4/02/07)

§      Industry opposes plan to grow genetically modified rice in Kansas (4/02/07) 

§      S.K. reportedly agrees to nix testing U.S. genetically modified crops (4/04/07)

§      Biosafety labs urged to report accidents and near misses (4/05/07)

§      Laws target genetically altered crops (4/10/07) 

§      How To Confine The Plants Of The Future? (4/12/07)

§      Battle Grows Over Bio-Crops (4/20/07)

§      Eco-friendly clothing fits green lifestyle (4/20/07)

§      NGO Challenges Order to Pay Monsanto (4/24/07)

§      Codex and the GM trade stalemate (4/25/07)

§      US Exporters Fear GMO Corn Seed Will Hurt Sales (4/25/07) 

§      GMO Corn Trait not Approved for Sale in Minnesota (4/25/07) 

§      Kansas Crop Improvement Association extends deadline for certifiable wheat fields  (4/27/07)

§      Biotech seeks to ease fuel’s reliance on oil, corn (4/27/07)

 

MARCH

 

§      U.S. tests for GMO in rice; seeks halt in some planting (3/06/07) 

§      GM tomatoes to provide daily folate needs? (3/06/07) 

§      GM rice withdrawn from US market (3/12/07) 

§      Seeking better biotech ‘yields’ (3/13/07) 

§      Judge halts sales of Monsanto GMO alfalfa (3/13/07) 

§      UW prof: Ban on genetic alfalfa could hurt (3/14/07) 

§      Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant (3/14/07)

§      Rice board spurns biotech (3/15/07) 

§      Mexico testing US rice for GMO strain (3/15/07) 

§      Secrecy, danger surround genetic engineering of grapes (3/16/07) 

§      California calls for suspension of GM rice testing (3/23/07)

§      Genetically engineered crops need more oversight (3/26/07)

§      GM trials to continue after settlement of case in SC (3/27/07) 

§      Agricultural biotech Cibus aims to make plants more tolerant (3/27/07)

 

FEBRUARY

 

§     Use of biotech cotton improves yield with no ill effects  (2/7/07) 

§     Panel kills modified-alfalfa bill (2/7/07) 

§     Food Vs. Fuel; As Energy Demands Devour Crops Once Meant For Sustenance, The Economics Of Agriculture Are Being Rewritten (2/8/07)

§     Producers Rice Mill target of biotech rice lawsuit (2/13/07) 

§     House bill aims to ban taro testing for 5 years (2/14/07) 

§      U.S. judge challenges Monsanto seed approval (2/14/07)

§     Effects Of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa Cultivate A Debate (2/16/07)

§     GM sugar beet could bring end to weed beet misery (2/16/07) 

§     Sacramento Valley farmers sound alarm on bio-engineered rice (2/21/07) 

§     Environmental regulation: U.S. courts say transgenic crops need tighter scrutiny (2/26/07)

§     Biotech goes to the garden (2/27/07)

 

JANUARY

 

§     Idaho company tries to perfect a genetically modified potato that's tastier and healthier  (1/8/07)

§       Debate rages over genetically modified crops (1/19/07)

§     Global biotech crop acreage grows 13 percent (1/19/07)

§     Generic GM Coming…Eventually  (1/11/07)

 

 

DECEMBER

 

§      Genetically Modified crops could be accepted in Europe within 10 years   (12/3/07)

§      Biotech Forestry Suggests Genetically Engineered Trees  (12/3/07)

§      Last-ditch attempt to keep GM genie in its bottle  (12/4/07)

§      EU Threatens Poland With Lawsuits, Fines Over GMO Ban   (12/4/07)

§      Is it safe and will it sell? No answers yet   (12/4/07)

§      Carpenter remains firm on GM crops policy   (12/5/07)

§      Polish archbishop dismisses fears of genetically modified food   (12/5/07)

§      No GM organisms for local wineries  (12/5/07)

§      Green light for GM canola crops in March  (12/5/07)

§      Nossal dismisses GM conflict of interest  (12/5/07)

§      Pacific Conference of churches summit on genetics and new biotechnologies underway   (12/6/07)

§      React to genetically modified rice  (12/6/07)

§      Biotechnology Lobby Group Concerned About Bt Maize Rejections (12/6/07)

§      WA farmers 'benefit' from non-GM trade  (12/6/07)

§      Frankenstein food beats starvation  (12/7/07)

§      Bt Cotton Finds Greater Acceptance Among AP Farmers: Mahyco   (12/7/07)

§      France Suspends Commercial GMO Seed Use, Studies Safety  (12/7/07)

§      GM resistance is threatening cheap food  (12/7/07)

§      Genetically modified yeast for wine rejected   (12/7/07)

§      GM resistance is 'threatening cheap food'  (12/8/07)

§      Agric biotechnology - Mixed blessing  (12/8/07)

§      Science and policy collide in EU over genetically modified crops  (12/9/07)

§      Science and policy collide in EU over genetically modified crops  (12/9/07)

§      France suspends commercial GMO seed use, studies safety  (12/10/07)

§      EU Caught in Quandary Over GMO Animal Feed Imports  (12/10/07)

§      French activist Bove to go on anti-GMO hunger strike  (12/10/07)

§      Farmers in Australian states can grow GM canola  (12/10/07)

§      Consumers to be protected  (12/11/07)

§      Qatar discusses biosafety  (12/11/07)

§      Agricultural business calls for promotion of GM plants  (12/11/07)

§      A hot potato issue  (12/10/07)  

§      Gene flow from GM crops not likely to harm environment  (12/13/07)

 

NOVEMBER

 

§      Don’t let the GM crop wars obscure the agbiotech vision (11/1/07)

§      Genetically Modified Foods Unsafe (11/2/07)

§      Call to allow farmers to choose GE crops (11/5/07)

§      Transgenic tomato for soldiers and commercial market by '08 (11/5/07)

§      More support for GM canola  (11/6/07)

§      GMO: Kenyan Minister disowns draft biosafety law (11/6/07)

§      Chance rejects academic's GM crop claims (11/7/07)

§      Combatting potato disease (11/8/07)

§      Greenpeace issues warning on GMO rice  (11/8/07)

§      Is Africa being bullied into growing GM crops? (11/8/07)

§      GM crops 'should not be approved' - UK (11/9/07)

§      India overtakes China in Bt cotton race (11/9/07)

§      Bt maize trials harvested in Egypt  (11/9/07)

§      Experts speak about genetically modified organisms at GMO Forum (11/12/07)

§      Genetic approach to identifying Bt resistance genes in Heliothis virescens (11/13/07)

§      Report says GM canola in front (11/13/07)

§      Significance of Bt maize to enhance yield - Pakistan (11/13/07)

§      'Luddite views’ on GM crops waning, says Lord Haskins (11/14/07)

§      Cornell researchers help develop first genetically modified food crop in South Asia (11/14/07)

§      Engineered corn proves easy to swallow (11/15/07)

§      Biotech Canola Crop Cleared in Two Australian States — International Herald Tribune/Reuters  (11/15/07)

§      Three million people "vote" to make Italy GM-free  (11/15/07)

§      Long-term trial demonstrates the potential yield and profit advantages that a GM canola variety offers Australian grain growers  (11/15/07)

§      Philippines Reviews Local Use Of Transgenic Bt Corn (11/16/07)

§      Facing a Threat to Farming and Food Supply (11/19/07)

§      ‘Ethical issues raised by biotech need to be addressed’ (11/19/07)

§      Biotech, nanotech to enhance food productivity (11/20/07)

§      EU officials propose ban on genetically modified corn seeds  (11/21/07)

§      Study gives thumbs-up to GM canola  (11/22/07)

§      EU wins WTO extension to end GMO bans (11/22/07)

§      Disclose bio-safety data of GM crops: CIC (11/23/07)

§      The GM potato war (11/23/07)

§      GM canola: Farmers and industry ready (11/23/07)

§      Proposed Ban on Genetically Modified Corn in Europe  (11/23/07)

§      EU given extra time to end GMO bans  (11/23/07)

§      Brumby faces revolt over GM crops plan  (11/24/07)

§      Germany calls for review of how EU approves new biotech crops (11/26/07)

§      Info on GM Crops be revealed in public interest, CIC to Centre (11/26/07)

§      WTO Deadline For EU To End Ban On Genetically Modified Food Extended (11/26/07)

§      GM food safer than normal food, government adviser says  (11/27/07)

§      Green light for GM crops (11/27/07)

§      Environmental Groups Slam Lifting Of GM Ban (11/28/07)

§      Lifting GM bans may trigger legal landslide  (11/28/07)

§      Lifting GM bans may trigger legal landslide  (11/28/07)

§      Many farmers welcome GM decision  (11/28/07)

§      Science chief says GM crops are vital to feed growing population  (11/28/07)

§      Food company opposes GM crops decision  (11/28/07)

§      Farmers cleared for GM canola  (11/28/07)

§      Genetically modified food products must be labeled  (11/29/07)

§      Debate on GM crops hots up in SA  (11/29/07)

§      Give Farmers Choice On GM Crops: SAFF (11/29/07)

§      Greenpeace appeals to EU to reject use of 2 new biotech corn products (11/29/07)

§      Dairy industry wants more info on GM crops (11/30/07)

§      EU’s zero-tolerance stance ‘could ruin livestock industry’ (11/30/07)

§      GM rice incident showed flaws in contingency plans, say NGOs (11/30/07)

 

OCTOBER

 

§      Biotech expert douses cold water on fears about safety of GMO products, reports DA (10/01/07)

§      GM-seed edible oil import allowed (10/01/07)

§      Genetic modification seen key for future biofuels (10/02/07)

§      Have GM crops helped Indian farmers (10/03/07) 

§      Kenya: MPs commence debate on genetically modified foods (10/04/07) 

§      Potato at heart of new debate on GM crops (10/04/07)   

§      French farmers say GMO ban harmful (10/04/07)

§      Conditional nod for Bt cabbage trials (10/04/07)

§      Italian campaign plans mass "vote" against GM food (10/08/07) 

§      GM crops helping poorer countries  (10/9/07)    

§      EU Environment Chief Faces GMO Hot Potato (10/09/07) 

§      Genetically modified organisms are cause for debate in Nanaimo (10/10/07)

§      Four GMOs Take Step Towards EU Clearance Due To Deadlock (10/11/07)

§      The future of GMOs in France under debate (10/11/07) 

§      Maize breeders in Africa urge governments to speed approvals of new crops (10/12/07) 

§      Against The Grain: 'GM Crops Do Not Harm Health' (10/12/07)

§      Genetically Modified Foods Debate Passes First Hurdle (10/12/07)

§      France debates future of GMOs (10/15/07)

§      Japanese consumers weigh in on Australian GM debate  (10/15/07) 

§      Japan urges Aust to continue GM crop bans (10/15/07) 

§      EU set to rubberstamp imports of four GMO crop products (10/16/07)

§      Kenya: GM Foods in Shops, Research Shows (10/16/07) 

§      Russian scientists stand for GMO (10/17/07)

§      Chinese corporation successfully harvests rice modified for the diabetes market (10/18/07)

§      New Traits Coming To Soybeans (10/18/07) 

§      Protester fined for damage at GM site (10/18/07) 

§      International farmers want, need ag biotech (10/19/07) 

§      Canadian farmer rejects Japanese GM claims (10/22/07)

§      Biotech prospects draw a crowd (10/23/07)

§      Genetically engineered algae can be powerhouse of hydrogen fuel (10/23/07)

§      Peruvians "uninformed" about GM (10/23/07) 

§      The Real GM Food Scandal (10/24/07)   

§      France  may ban Monsanto GMO maize - minister (10/24/07)

§      EU allows imports of four GMO crop products (10/24/07)

§      Brussels okays four GMO products (10/25/07)

§      Massive rise in Europe GM crops (10/29/07)   

§      Biotech Field Trials In Mexico Gain Populist Support (10/29/07)

§      EU fails to agree on order against Austria GMO ban (10/30/07) 

§      Farmers want GMO crops (10/30/07)

§      Agri-biotech set to boom, says UAS Vice-Chancellor (10/31/07)

§      Farmers want Tas government to lift GM ban  (10/31/07)  

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

AUGUST

 

§      Grains industry calls for GM international agreement  (8/13/07)

 

JULY

 

§      Philippines approves 41 transgenic crop varieties (7/05/07) 

§      Scientist urges GM crops rethink (7/05/07) 

§      GM crop protest brings court fine (7/05/07) 

§      Kenya accused of ‘secrecy’ on GMO technology Bill (7/10/07)

§      Scotland To 'Pay Price For Shunning GM Crops (7/10/07) 

§      Activists ruin GM potatoes (7/10/07)

§      France puts GMO culture register in line- Xinhua (7/10/07) 

§      Australia: Organic farmers concerned GM crop laws will slip (7/11/07)

§      GMO seeds benefit environment (7/12/07)

§      Kerala says no to GM rice seeds test (7/16/07) 

§      Ministers wary of hot GM potato (7/16/07)

§      GM crop moratorium in NSW to be reviewed (7/16/07) 

§      Annan rules out use of GMOs in the war on hunger in Africa (7/17/07)

§      EU farm ministers fail to approve use of new biotech potato (7/17/07)

§      EU Clears Way for Biotech Potato (7/17/07)

§      GM 'vaccine' to tackle maize streak (7/17/07)

§      Indonesia Says to Use GMO to Boost Food Output (7/18/07) 

§      Tortilla-hungry Mexico setting rules on GMO corn (7/18/07) 

§      Kenya: Biotech is the Future - We Dare Not Be Left Behind (7/19/07) 

§      Illegal GM fish hunted down (7/20/07)  

§      Genetically altered potato raises ire (7/20/07)

§      National farm body head shows support for GM crops  (7/23/07) 

    

JUNE

 

§      GM field trials 'underestimate potential for cross-pollination'  (6/1/07)

§      New democrat MP tables bill to ban terminator seeds from Canadian fields (6/01/07) 

§      GM and non-GM crops too close, study says (6/01/07)

§      Orange cauliflower could lead to more nutritious crops (6/04/07)

§      Build On Bt Cotton Success: Experts (6/05/07)

§      Cyprus wants to be declared GMO free (6/06/07)

§      More EU states wary on GMO maize (6/06/07)

§      Rice made with human genes: GM menace or saviour? (6/07/07)

§      Time to end GM canola ban says science institute (6/07/07)   

§      Chinese consumers wary of GMO food: Greenpeace (6/07/07) 

§      For health and happiness, the future lies in genetically modified food: Experts (6/08/07)

§      Scientists propose better profiling for GM crops (6/11/07)

§      GMO potato takes shape in EU (6/11/07)

§      Rice Engineered to Carry Cholera Vaccine (6/12/07)   

§      Green light for first field trials of GM wheat  (6/14/07)

§      Wimmera-Mallee to host GM wheat trial  (6/14/07)

§      Australia’s first GM wheat trial approved (6/15/07)

§      Trade chief requests EU 'green light' for GMOs (6/15/07) 

§      Conference to put GM crops under the spotlight (6/19/07) 

§      EU to Debate Authorisation of GMO Maize on Monday (6/20/07)

§      GM wheat trials win support from AWB (6/20/07)

§      Chinese investigate GMO import allegations (6/21/07)

§      Firms' 'double standards' on GE food (6/21/07)

§      Want to be sure it's GM-free? Buy food in Moscow (6/25/07) 

§      KENYA: NBC approves field trials on genetically engineered cotton variety (6/26/07)

§      GM crops: 'Point of no return in ten years' (6/26/07) 

 

MAY

 

§      Toward A Banana-based Vaccine For Hepatitis B (5/01/07)

§      Advisers urge more emphasis on crop experiment benefits (5/4/07)

§      GMO Crop Rules Should Also Weigh Pluses -UK Report (5/04/07) 

§      Modern rice in Asia: Role in food security and poverty alleviation (5/04/07)

§      Climate change farmers 'need GM crops' (5/07/07) 

§      Biotech industry to touch $5 bn in three years (5/07/07)

§      SC allows field trials of GM seeds (5/08/07) 

§      Germany tightens restrictions on GM corn (5/09/07)

§      Studies indicate GM crops are safer and healthier (5/10/07)

§      Vietnam looks to develop GM crops (5/11/07) 

§      GM crucial to combat global warming impact, researcher (5/11/07)

§      Organics industry rejects GM canola crop report (5/11/07)

§      Trial shipment of Western Australian seed potato to help boost market interest in Thailand  (5/11/07)

§      Defra approves a second site for GM potato trials  (5/14/07)

§      European Union not opposed to GM crops (5/14/07)

§      Researchers put GM sweet banana on trial in Uganda this month (5/14/07)

§      Spud origin controversy solved (5/15/07) 

§      MP farmers stage protests, seek one variety of Bt cotton (5/16/07) 

§      GM ban could land Cyprus in hot water (5/16/07) 

§      Swiss scientists plan new GM crop trials (5/17/07) 

§      INDIA: GEAC approves 49 new GM cotton hybrids (5/18/07) 

§      Bt seeds to gain half of India's cotton area (5/22/07)

§      Malaysia calls for Asia to strengthen biosafety (5/22/07) 

§      Non-GMO labelling driving food price increase (5/22/07)

§      Southern Africa: GMO Products Spread in SADC - Study (5/22/07)

§      Ignorance reigns as GMOs take root (5/22/07) 

§      R&D team set up to promote genetically modified crops for biofuel (5/22/07)

§        Future of Bt cotton in Asia (5/23/07)

§      Ireland holds imported feed because of GM material (5/24/07) 

§      SA gets international genetic engineering and biotech centre (5/24/07)   

§      Biosafety in Namibia (5/24/07)

§      Canada's leading by example on GM (5/24/07)

§      DST grant grows plant biotechnology research (5/25/07)

§      Canada’s Leading by Example on GM  (5/25/07)

§      Brazil, Mexico approve use of GM corn seed (5/25/07)

§      Crop & Food Research welcomes ERMA decision to allow a contained field test of GM brassicas  (5/28/07)

§      Field tests for GE vegetables given green light (5/29/07)

§      GM ban faces review (5/29/07)

§      France could follow Germany in GM corn restriction (5/29/07)

§      EU Experts To Debate Three GMO Maize Applications (5/30/07)

§      India: Bt cotton to dominate in total cotton acreage (5/30/07)

§      Long struggle to grow GM crops in Japan (5/30/07)

§      Meet Tubigan 7, the first biotech rice variety (5/31/07) 

§      Uganda: Generic bananas coming (5/31/07) 

§      GM crops good for Swedish farm economy (5/31/07) 

§      GMO wheat still in the distance (5/31/07)  

§      EU authorizes import of GMO carnations (5/31/07) 

§      Europe pushes to get fuel from fields (5/31/07)

§      University of Exeter research indicates that GM field trials could underestimate potential for cross-pollination (5/31/07)

 

APRIL

 

§      Croatia: HSP Against Importing GMO Products (4/04/07)

§      German group denied permit to grow GM rapeseed in Lithuania (4/04/07)

§      Firm in GM insulin breakthrough (4/05/07)

§      Unilever moves closer with GM ice cream protein (4/10/07) 

§      Strict controls on planned GM field test - New Zealand (4/11/07)  

§      Angola: Biosafety Protocol in force in country (4/11/07)

§      Food, Farmers Win in Food, Fuel Debate  (4/12/07)

§      Behind the signs: those ethical labels explained (4/12/07)

§      HB379 low phytate barley – An exciting new innovation derailed (4/16/07)

§      'Adopt biotechnology in agriculture' (4/16/07)

§      47pc would grow GM forage crops – survey (4/17/07)

§      Genetically-modified foods must be labelled: Malaysia to US (4/17/07)

§      Crop & Food Research New Zealand seeks approval to field test brassicas modified to resist caterpillar pests  (4/18/07)

§      GM trial sows hope for farmers  (4/18/07)

§      Make data on GM crop tests public: CIC (4/19/07) 

§      Transgenic pact signed by growers (4/19/07)

§      Malaysia to Enforce Labelling of GM Foods (4/19/07)

§      Regulator says levying fees could harm independence (4/20/07) 

§      Shire to lobby for GM cotton crops in the Kimberley (4/20/07)

§      EU experts fail to agree approval of GMO beet (4/20/07)

§      Bt cotton brands leave AP farmers confused (4/23/07)

§      Centre refuses to divulge details of GM field trials (4/23/07)

§      Concern over agriculture sector (4/27/07)

§      Environment groups slam European Commission for failed green policies (4/27/07)

§      Down on the pharm (4/30/07)

§      Tracking Genes For Self-pollination In Plants (4/30/07)

§      Modified seeds cause regulation woes here (4/30/07)

 

MARCH

 

§      The Challenge and Opportunity of Chinese Corn Production  (3/1/07)

§      Brazil senate approves resolution to hasten GMO approval (3/01/07)

§      Biotechnology Cures Plant Stress  (3/1/07)

§      Flavonoid-rich GM rice to boost antioxidant levels? (3/02/07)