As the Food and Drug Administration announced that a genetically engineered salmon is safe to eat and will not harm the environment, a coalition of advocacy groups issued a joint
Caught since Aug. 13 between a federal judge and some inept inaction by the Agriculture Department, sugar beet growers with about one million acres in a dozen states have been
The European Food Safety Authority’s Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Panel has adopted a scientific opinion to determine the potential for an allergic reaction by genetically modified plants and microorganisms
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that the agency will hold two public meetings on AquAdvantage Salmon, a genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon intended to be used
With imports cut off and sugar available for purchase only with the right ration coupon, the federal government during World War II put out a poster that said: “Plant More
If you’ve been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District Court
Genetically modified (GM) crops may be continuing to advance on two continents. In Europe, the European Union is on the verge of letting member countries decide on their own about
Several weeks ago the Soil Association (organic producers) and several organizations against genetic modification (GM) technology protested to the the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency that it shouldn’t waste
Fifty-six lawmakers, including 50 representatives and six senators, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of
Yesterday the Supreme Court released its first-ever decision on genetically modified crops, overturning a lower court’s ban on Monsanto’s herbicide-resistant, or “Roundup Ready” alfalfa.
In 2005, the U.
A new recipe for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is being rolled out in Europe. The key ingredient is going to be states’ rights.
Cooking all this up is the complex
Two members of the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency steering group on genetically modified foods (GM foods, or GMOs) recently resigned from the group in protest over language inserted