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2015-05-11 |

New wave of conventional retailers wants natural, organic, non-GMO

Retailers want growth, and CPG giants such as Heinz and Kraft are no longer delivering it, said Hain Celestial bosses this week.

2015-05-11 |

Canada: Anti-GMO policy request growing into hot debate

The call for Courtenay to adopt an anti-genetically modified organism procurement policy is beginning to germinate into an issue that could grow out of hand.
A motion that directs staff to look at the economic implications and impact of creating the policy narrowly passed in Monday's regular council meeting.

2015-05-11 |

Mothers Unite to Inspire Healthy GMO Free World

Mothers will unite in homes or community centers across the globe, connected by a live video call, inspiring actions to create healthy communities.

2015-05-07 |

USA: Chipotle's Non-GMO Policy Changes Everything

Yesterday’s announcement by Chipotle that it start serving food only made with non-GMO ingredients was not a surprise. After all they have built their brand based on a consistent messaging plan that set them apart from their competition by positioning themselves as doing what is best for the land, farmers, animals, and of course their customers.

2015-05-07 |

USDA seeks input on new GMO rules

The USDA is soliciting public input on its biotech authority.

2015-05-07 |

Hungary to promote GMO-free soya production with subsidy

The government will provide subsidies to promote GMO-free soya production in Hungary, a Farm Ministry official said.

2015-05-05 |

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. Goes GMO-Free and Gives Consumers a Real Food Choice

On Monday, Chipotle Mexican Grill said it was G-M-Over It. All 1,800 or so restaurants would stop serving food that had been genetically modified, making Chipotle the first national chain "to cook only with non-GMO ingredients." And the Internet lost its mind.

2015-05-05 |

The latest in GMO panic: Human engineering

When the news broke last week, suddenly we were there: the future. Scientists had edited human DNA, both breaking a long-standing research taboo and crossing yet another thing off the sci-fi-IRL to-do list.

2015-05-05 |

USA: GMO lobbyists are poised for a big victory in DC

When a US district court judge in Vermont ruled against powerful food industry groups on Monday, allowing the state’s plans to require food labeling for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to move forward, it felt like a victory to the many groups advocating for US consumers’ right to know what goes into their food.

2015-05-05 |

USA: Genetically Modified Foods Grown and Eaten in the U.S.

Since GMOs were approved for commercial use, and then first planted into U.S. soil in 1996, their production has increased dramatically. More than 90% of all soybean cotton and corn acreage in the U.S. is used to grow genetically engineered crops.

2015-04-30 |

EU: Towards legalised corporate secrecy

How industry, law firms and the European Commission worked together on EU “trade secrets” legislation - a threat to consumers, journalists, whistleblowers, researchers and workers.

2015-04-30 |

EU Commission authorises 17 GMOs for food/feed uses and 2 GM carnations

The Commission today adopted 10 new authorisations for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food/feed use, 7 renewals of existing authorisations and also the authorisation for the importation of 2 GMO cut flowers (not for food or feed). These GMOs had gone through a full authorisation procedure, including a favourable scientific assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The authorisation decisions do not cover cultivation.

2015-04-30 |

After the Biofuel Fail, Does Synthetic Biology Have a Future?

Last month, Newsweek tweeted: "Synbio was going to save the world. Now it's being used to make vanilla flavoring." Synthetic biology (synbio), for the uninitiated, uses organisms and designs from nature to engineer new tools. The Newsweek article details the synthetic biology industry's failure to produce biofuels from pond scum on a large scale, and how it has now pivoted to produce flavors and fragrances.

2015-04-30 |

China to strengthen oversight of GM crops under development

China plans to increase its oversight of genetically modified crops due to heightened public concern over Beijing's ability to keep illegal GM products out of the food chain.

2015-04-28 |

EU authorised the new rules on GMO food and feed use

The European Commission adopted 10 new authorisations for Genetically Modified Organismsfor food and feed use, 7 renewals of existing authorisations and also the authorisation for the importation of 2 GMO cut flowers. These GMOs had gone through a full authorisation procedure, including a favourable scientific assessment by the European Food Safety Authority.

2015-04-28 |

Dr. Oz Says He Just Wants to Label GMO Foods

Dr. Oz is in trouble again. Last week, ten doctors from around the country sent a letter to the dean of medicine at Columbia, arguing that Dr. Mehmet Oz and his “disdain for science and for evidence-based medicine” have no business holding a faculty position at the university.

2015-04-28 |

Bolivia Fails to Reach an Agreement Over GMO Use

The working group on GMOs was not able to produce final conclusions when the National Farming Summit ended Wednesday night.

2015-04-23 |

Kenya: GMO debate outdated, argues food security lobbyist

Agricultural campaign organisation Green Peace Africa has called on the government to move away from the Genetically Modified Foods debate and invest in ecological farming techniques.

2015-04-23 |

China to Strengthen Regulations on Genetically Modified Plant Seeds

China is set to strengthen supervision of genetically modified plant seeds in an amendment to the country's existing Seed Law. As CRI's Wang Wei reports, the draft amendment has been proposed in the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

2015-04-23 |

USA: GMO labeling bill stalls amid interagency, committee tussle

House Agriculture Committee lawmakers want more control over deciding which government agency -- the Agriculture Department or the Food and Drug Administration -- would control the regulation of labels for genetically modified foods.

2015-04-23 |

Vanuatu threatens to deport anti GMO group

The Vanuatu government has confirmed that it threatened the New Caledonian NGO Stop GMO Pacific with deportation if it continued to spread what the government is calling unneccesary propaganda about the danger of GM plant material.

2015-04-23 |

EU: Commission explains new rules that allow Member States to decide on the GMOs use for food & feed

The Commission presents the outcome of its review of the decision-making process for the authorisation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) as food and feed. This review derives from the Political Guidelines presented to the European Parliament in July 2014, on the basis of which this Commission was elected.

2015-04-21 |

EU clears path for 17 new GM foods

Seventeen new genetically modified food products will be authorised for import to Europe before the end of May in a significant acceleration of biotech trade, the Guardian has learned.

2015-04-21 |

UK: Chair of the Agricultural Biotechnology Council says to let the customer decide

I was recently speaking to a member of the animal feed supply chain who informed me that the amount of animal feed (most of which is genetically modified) to Europe equated to the combined weight of every person in the European Union – an almost unimaginable weight of 33 million tonnes.

2015-04-21 |

US forced to import corn as shoppers demand organic non-GM food

A growing demand for organics, and the near-total reliance by U.S. farmers on genetically modified corn and soybeans, is driving a surge in imports from other nations where crops largely are free of bioengineering.

2015-04-21 |

US farmers turn to GMO-free crops to boost income

This is an interesting article about a small but significant farmer shift from GMO to non-GMO crops in the GMO heartland of Iowa.

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