GENET-news
To stay informed you can subscribe to the GENET-news list.
2007-03-07 | permalink
GM food acceptance coming in 10 years in Norway
A Norwegian professor predicts that genetically modified (GM) food will soon be accepted in Norway, but that farmers will then lose out. Professor Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) at Ås believes that GM products will be on Norwegian tables within ten years as the country follows after the growing international interest such food, newspaper Nationen reports. Sorteberg also predicts that Norwegian authorities will allow genetically modified ingredients in processed food within two years.
- Aftenposten, Norway: GM food acceptance coming
- Dutch News, Netherlands: Nearly 75% happy to eat GM food
- FreshPlaza, Netherlands: Poland: ban on genetically modified crops
- Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung, Germany: German consumers skeptical of gene technology
- Iceland Review, Iceland: Iceland’s image not so pure?
Overview
News
2007-03-07 | permalink
GM food acceptance coming in 10 years in Norway
A Norwegian professor predicts that genetically modified (GM) food will soon be accepted in Norway, but that farmers will then lose out. Professor Hilde-Gunn Opsahl Sorteberg at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) at Ås believes that GM products will be on Norwegian tables within ten years as the country follows after the growing international interest such food, newspaper Nationen reports. Sorteberg also predicts that Norwegian authorities will allow genetically modified ingredients in processed food within two years.
- Aftenposten, Norway: GM food acceptance coming
- Dutch News, Netherlands: Nearly 75% happy to eat GM food
- FreshPlaza, Netherlands: Poland: ban on genetically modified crops
- Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung, Germany: German consumers skeptical of gene technology
- Iceland Review, Iceland: Iceland’s image not so pure?
GENET-news & GENET-forum
GENET-news is providing a daily news service on a range of topics regarding genetic engineering. We are screening the worldwide English news, press releases and other publications to provide you with a strategic selection of information. GENET-news enables you to stay informed about all aspects of the global controversy around GE technologies and GE organisms. You can subscribe by 
email.
The GENET-forum list provides you with additional background information and more voluminous reports. It is only open for GENET members. Please contact the coordinator for membership and subscription.