Reuters by Tom Polansek Credit: Jeannette E. Spaghetti (Reuters) – Farmers from the biggest U.S. corn-growing states have sued Syngenta AG over sales of genetically modified corn seed not approved by China, joining global exporters in pursuing damages from the Swiss-based company. In coordinated lawsuits filed on Friday in federal courts in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri,… Read more »
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UPDATE 1-Syngenta Halts Sales of New GMO Corn Seed in Canada
Reuters By Tom Polansek Syngenta AG said on Monday it had halted commercial sales in Canada of corn seed containing a new and controversial genetically modified trait because major importers had not approved the product. Syngenta pulled from the Canadian market seed containing the Agrisure Duracade trait, which was available for planting for the first… Read more »
CRUSHED NUTS/ROTTEN APPLES: “Pasteurized” Nuts and GMO Apples — TELL THE FDA and USDA NO
This Action Alert is Over. GMO Apples? The USDA’sAnimal and Plant Health Inspection Service is poised to approve a genetically engineered apple, called the Arctic Apple®. The public comment period runs through Monday, December 16. Click here to read Cornucopia’s submitted comments. You can comment directly here: http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=APHIS-2012-0025-1938 Okanagan Specialty Fruits has developed a GMO Golden… Read more »
Scientists Say New Study Shows Pig Health Hurt by GMO Feed
Chicago Tribune By Carey Gillam, Reuters (Reuters) – Pigs fed a diet of only genetically modified grain showed markedly higher stomach inflammation than pigs who dined on conventional feed, according to a new study by a team of Australian scientists and U.S. researchers. The study adds to an intensifying public debate over the impact of… Read more »
EU to Vote on Admitting GM Food
Wall Street Journal By Caroline Henshaw LONDON—After years of political wrangling by European Union policy makers, rising food prices may be putting genetically modified, or GM, food on the menu. Officials are set to vote Tuesday on whether to allow trace amounts of unauthorized GM material in animal-feed imports, a move campaigners say could herald… Read more »
eNews 1.9.16: Dairy Detectives, GMO Love and Banning, Fracking and More
eNews 11.9.2013: FSMA Comments, Kastel at ACRES, WA GMO Vote, more
Food Safety Group Calls for Court to Limit GMO Seed Patents
Reuters By Carey Gillam (Reuters) – Patent protection for genetically modified corn, soybeans and other crop must be limited so farmers can save their seeds and protect themselves against litigation, a public interest group said in a filing with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a case involving global seed giant Monsanto Co. The… Read more »
Survey Shows Strong Voter Support for Labeling GMO Foods in California.
A new voter opinion survey shows strong support for the California November ballot initiative that would require the labeling of genetically engineered foods. Released by the California Business Roundtable and Pepperdine University, supporters for the measure, known as Proposition 37, outnumber its opponents by nearly three-to-one. “Consumers deserve the right to know what is in… Read more »
Could Millions of GM Insects be Released into British Crop Fields Without Safety Checks?
British company Oxitec is working on genetically modified insects that are designed to kill off pests that feed on crops such as cabbages, broccoli, tomatoes and fruit Has begun talks with Defra to trial GM moths in British fields Firm claims the technology is a green alternative to the use of chemical sprays, which have… Read more »
