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EU countries to vote on measures to keep contaminated rice out of Europe
Environment Ministers and national food safety experts are meeting separately today to discuss how to deal with the contamination of rice from both the United States and China with illegal genetically modified (GM) experimental strains.
GM grapes earn wrath of growers
The University of Stellenbosch's planned planting of 'super-grapes' has top wine exporters seeing red
Beginning of the end for rBST Growth Hormone in Dairy
Shoppers are driving major change in the milk industry. Dairy processors throughout the Northeast are converting their plants to accept only rbST-free milk to meet demand.
Outrage as illegal GMO rice slips through net
Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded a suspension of all long grain rice imports from the United States after the European Commission admitted today that a consignment of US rice certified as "GM-free" was retested and found to be contaminated.
EU confirms presence of tainted GMO rice
The unapproved, experimental GMO rice was found in thirty-three out of 162 rice samples tested.
California Senate Preserves Local Rules on Genetically Engineered Crops
Senate rebuffs biotech industry-sponsored play to pre-emt local democracy. SB1056, a bill that would have pre-empted such local laws, failed to make it out of committee in the California Senate and died with the close of the legislative year.
US Oversight of Biotech Crops Seen Lacking
The disclosure of the contamination of experimental biotech rice owned by Bayer CropScience, a unit of Bayer AG, coupled with statements by USDA officials that they have no idea how the contamination occurred or how extensive it may be, has outraged players up and down the food chain.
US rice farmers sue Bayer CropScience over GM rice
Rice farmers in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and California have sued Bayer CropScience, alleging its genetically modified rice has contaminated the crop, attorneys for the farmers said on Monday.
49,300: Response to Farm Bureau Viewpoint
Why is 49,300 important? It's the number of experimental field tests of GMO crops that the Farm Bureau wants you to ignore.
EU Adopts `Emergency Measures' to Bar Gene-Altered U.S. Rice
The European Union adopted ``emergency measures'' to protect against an unapproved, gene- modified rice made by Bayer CropScience AG, which was found in commercial U.S. rice supplies.
Riceland Foods: Statement Regarding experimental GMO rice in harvest
Discovery of Material: Experimental GMO rice was discovered in January 2006 but not reported to the USDA until July.
Japan ends U.S. long-grain rice imports
Japan has suspended imports of U . S . long - grain rice following a positive test for trace amounts of a genetically modified strain not approved for human consumption , a news report said Sunday .
Judge: Ag officials violated permit laws for pharmaceutical GMOs
A federal judge has ruled that U.S. agriculture officials violated environmental laws in permitting four companies to plant genetically modified crops in Hawaii to produce experimental drugs.
Experimental GE Rice Contaminates US Long-Grain Rice
Agriculture Secretary Johanns said he did not know where the contaminated rice was found or how widespread it may be in the U.S. food chain. Although Bayer stopped field tests in 2001, the contamination appeared in the 2005 harvest.
SLO GE Free seeks retraction from Health Commission
SLO GE Free is an all-volunteer organization of concerned local citizens.
California Wine Institute Position: No GMOs
Wine Institute has reviewed its position on gene technology and affirms as follows: The position of the Wine Institute is that no genetically modified organisms be used in the production of California wine.
AB1056: Debate over GMO heats up
[AB1056] would prevent cities and counties from doing things such as prohibiting seed trucks from parking in residential areas, according to a letter the two government groups sent to Assembly members last week. The provisions are "so sweeping that they would restrict the ability of cities and counties to engage in basic local government regulation," the groups said.
FDA Scientists Pressured to Exclude, Alter Findings; Scientists Fear Retaliation for Voicing Safety Concerns
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today released survey results that demonstrate pervasive and dangerous political influence of science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Of the 997 FDA scientists who responded to the survey, nearly one-fifth (18.4 percent) said that they "have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or their conclusions in a FDA scientific document."
Austrian Government Study Confirms Genetically Modified (GM) Crops Threaten Human Fertility and Health Safety
