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Food giant says consumers don’t want GM (Australia)
Food giant says consumers don’t want GM (Australia) The head of Australia’s biggest food company says biotechnology companies only have themselves to blame for consumers continuing to reject genetically-modified canola. Bans on GM canola ...
Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods (Hawaii)
Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods (Hawaii) Genetically engineered farming is a growing industry in Hawaii. And many of us don’t even know when we’re eating genetically modified food, also known as GMO’s. But a new bill may chang...
China’s Genetically Altered Food Boom
China’s Genetically Altered Food Boom In the wake of poisonings in Japan linked to Chinese-made dumplings, last week brought a fresh wave of scrutiny to China’s control over its food industry. In 2006 and 2007, European officials discove...
Body goes to court over Kenya’s Biosafety Bill
Body goes to court over Kenya’s Biosafety Bill A Kenyan Non-governmental organisation has gone to court to contest the enactment into law the Biosafety Bill 2007 meant to regulate activities of genetically modified foods (GMOs) in the country....
California State Assembly Approves GMO Bill
California State Assembly Approves GMO Bill AB 541, which could become California’s first state law protecting farmers from the hazards of genetically engineered crops, passed out of the full Assembly on January 29 with a vote of 49-12. It has...
New Monsanto soybean seed gets Japanese OK
New Monsanto soybean seed gets Japanese OK Monsanto Co. said Tuesday that its Roundup Ready 2 Yield biotech soybeans received import approval by regulators in Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan. Japan is the No. 3 market for soybeans grown in the Unit...
GM wheat start-up secures venture capital in Perth (Australia)
GM wheat start-up secures venture capital in Perth (Australia) Perth-based biotechnology company, NemGenix Pty Ltd, has secured a $500,000 investment from the Murdoch Westscheme Enterprise Partnership fund, which supports projects arising from the un...
GM canola ‘contaminated’ Canadian farms
GM canola ‘contaminated’ Canadian farms Canadian farmers have experienced “widespread contamination” of their crops by genetically modified (GM) canola, two visiting farmers say. Terry Boehm, vice president of the Canadian Nat...
U.S. Wheat Customers Are Hearing About Transgenic Wheat
U.S. Wheat Customers Are Hearing About Transgenic Wheat USW is working in cooperation with the National Association of Wheat Growers through a Joint Biotechnology Committee to develop the potential for transgenic wheat production in the U.S. As part ...
Praise for New Zealand’s GE-free stance
Praise for New Zealand’s GE-free stance New Zealand food companies get a thumbs-up over their position on not including genetically engineered materials in their products. Greenpeace’s latest GE Free Food Guide reflects a strong ongoing n...
GMO’s New 7-Year Forecast of Real Returns
GMO’s New 7-Year Forecast of Real Returns GMO recently published their forecast of real returns for various asset classes over the next 7 years. These forecasts are based on the dividend yield plus the projected earnings growth rate and a reve...
Don’t ban ‘hormone-free’ label
Don’t ban ‘hormone-free’ label The Philadelphia Inquirer Jan. 2, 2008 Editorial Gov. Rendell and his agriculture secretary ought to side with consumers in a dispute over milk labeling. Unless Agriculture Secretary Dennis C. Wolff wa...
Duty-free U.S. corn imports force Mexico GMO debate
Duty-free U.S. corn imports force Mexico GMO debate SAN SALVADOR EL SECO, Mexico - Cheap U.S. corn will flood into Mexico in January when trade barriers are lifted, pitting local farmers against each other over how to protect the crop that has fed M...
Government to Toughen Rules on GMO Imports (South Korea)
Government to Toughen Rules on GMO Imports (South Korea) A number of government agencies will collectively be in charge of monitoring the research and development of genetically-modified crops and animals, which may cause confusion and inefficiency ...
Nanotech’s Health, Environment Impacts Worry Scientists
Default Nanotech’s Health, Environment Impacts Worry Scientists Nanotech’s Health, Environment Impacts Worry Scientists The new report was based on a national telephone survey of American households and a sampling of 363 leading U.S. nano...
