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Duma security committee drafts bill

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26.06.2007 Redaktion

Organic consumers shouldn’t pay for GM contamination

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22.06.2007 Redaktion

Representatives of 70 organic companies tell Miliband

Trans-genetic Seed Problem in France

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17.04.2007 Redaktion
Hunger striking for an Uzès spring without OGM.

European Parliament votes for organics

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01.04.2007 Redaktion
The right to GM-free food is non-negotiable

Organic Creamery Aims to prevent GMO Contamination

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22.03.2007 Redaktion
First certified organic manufacturer in the United States verifys that all products are not contaminated by GMO.

New report on GM contamination

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14.03.2007 Redaktion
GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace have published their report on GM contamination

JCR report on economic benefits of GM crops

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19.01.2007 Redaktion
A new study of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre was published.

Austria to keep its ban on GMO maize

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23.12.2006 Redaktion
EU ministers turned down the attempt to order Austria to drop its bans.

Monsanto Buys Delta and Pine

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07.09.2006 Redaktion

Monsanto Co. will pay $ 1.5 billion to purchase Delta and Pine Land Co. in a merger of two of the world's largest seed companies.

South Africa: GMO bill put on hold

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21.08.2006 Redaktion

Parliamentary Committee puts Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Bill on hold.

GM trees are being grown secretly in UK

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08.05.2006 Redaktion
GM production is in a strong public discussion. Now the focus is turning on trees.

First "Russian" transgenic potato approved in Russia as food source

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05.05.2006 Redaktion
As it turned out last week, Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation issued a Decree.

EU commission ´admitted GM food uncertainty´

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19.04.2006 Redaktion
The European commission has been approving genetically modified crops for human consumption while secretly warning about their impact on health and the environment, a report published recently reveals.

Freedom of Choice - Conference on GMOs in Vienna

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17.04.2006 Redaktion
EU leaders stressed the need for more information and experience before further legislation can be passed on genetically-modified organisms, at the end of a conference on GMOs in Vienna.

GM-cotton in India

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27.03.2006 Redaktion
Following complaints of allergenic reactions among farmers growing genetically modified cotton, a three member panel was set up to investigate the matter.

Biotech foods: international safety laws agreed

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22.03.2006 Redaktion
United Nations talks on the global trade in genetically modified foods and crops ended with an agreement on the labelling of GM grains traded worldwide.

Commission forbids legislation concerning separate placement of GMO products in supermarket shelves

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21.03.2006 Redaktion
The European Commission has decided that the notification by the government of Cyprus of draft legislation requiring genetically modified (GM) foods to be displayed separately from non-GM foods in supermarkets is non-admissible.

Symbolic Burning of Organic GM Maize in Catalonia

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07.03.2006 Redaktion
For years,  people have been discussing the ‘peaceful’ co-existence of genetically modified and traditional plants without any appreciable progress being made at EU level.

WTO ruling - "No change to de facto European ban on GMOs"

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20.02.2006 Redaktion
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute panel has concluded in an interim report that the six-year moratorium on the approval of new GMOs for import into the EU...

Hungary is against GMO, new legislation in France

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16.02.2006 Redaktion
Hungary will extend its ban on growing genetically modified maize, government officials told the press on Thursday, reports the Hungarian News Agency.

The Cultivation of GM-Soy Will Be Banned as of January 1, 2007

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14.02.2006 Redaktion

Taking into account the numerous debates at the European level on the genetically modified organisms it it necessary to clarify the status of GM-soy in Romania.

GMO Farming is slowing down

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02.02.2006 Redaktion
The annual rise of biotech cultivation grew last year at its slowest pace since 1996.

Organic farming does not tolerate GMO contamination

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24.01.2006 Redaktion
On the occasion of the Agriculture Council discussion about the Commission’s proposal to revise the organic regulation, the IFOAM EU Group underlines that the organic movement does not tolerate GMO contamination of organic products.

Greenpeace welcomes Kraft Food´s commitment

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23.01.2006 Redaktion
Greenpeace today welcomed the commitment from Kraft Foods, the second largest food producer in the world, to supply only non-GE food in China, starting from 1 January 2007.

Discontent Simmers Over Change in German Farm Policy

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23.01.2006 Redaktion
A row over new Agriculture Minister Horst Seehofer's plans to cut backing
for ecological farming and pave the way for genetically modified crops continues.