Flaws in RR soybean safety assessment

US Groups File Law Suit Against Biopharming

United States: Groups seek halt to bio-pharming field trials Brooklin, Canada, 15 Jul (IPS/Stephen Leahy) — Even as the United States filed a complaint against the European Union in the World Trade Organisation for shunning genetically […]

Scientist Quits Over GM Review

Naive, narrow and biased… Carlo Leifert explains why he resigned from the government’s GM science review panel Thursday July 24, 2003 The Guardian (Interview by Ian Sample) http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/opinion/story/0,12981,1004400, […]

Update on Italy’s Contamination

Italian court rejects company bid to save GM maize TURIN, July 17 (Reuters) – A court on Thursday rejected an attempt by the Italian unit of Pioneer Hi-Bred, a subsidiary of Dupont Co (nyse: DD – news – people), to halt an order to dest […]

Companies in China Go GE-free

Companies in China clear genetically engineered food off their shelves Non-GE policy becoming strong trend in the word’s largest food market Hong-Kong/Beijing, July18, 2003 – Thirty-two food producers operating in China today anno […]

GM Contamination Discovered in Italian Region

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14506370.htm Italy: Farmers resist order to wreck gene crop Reuters, July 14, 2003 ROME – Farmers are resisting an order by Piedmont region in north Italy to destroy almost 400 hectares […]

New Book on GM Food, BSE, Foot & Mouth

BOOK REVIEW: Don’t Worry, It’s Safe to Eat: The True Story of GM Food, BSE and Foot and Mouth by Andrew Rowell Earthscan, 2003 Reviewed for GM Watch by Claire Robinson In his groundbreaking new book, Don’t Worry, It’s Sa […]

GM – A False Hope

Poison Control: Blairspeak to the fore again over GM foods By Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, New Straits Times, Malaysia, 6 July 2003 (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sunday/Features/20030706095522/Article/pp_index_html) IT looks like Bri […]

Deficiencies in Codex’s Draft Guidelines

Traditional Wheat Breeder Wins Struggle

Source: Nature 423, 790 (19 June 2003) Traditional wheat breeder fights for funding by Rex Dalton [SAN DIEGO] A prominent wheat breeder at a major US public university has narrowly retained funding for his work, after fighting of […]