Recent News & Comments About genetically modified food
Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried up for a Canadian research project that has stoked controversy about altering animal genes to produce food. Possible euthanization of the nine so-called Enviropigs, descendants of swine first bred 13 years ago by the University of Guelph in Ontario to ...
Witless GM vandalism
Telegraph View: Genetically modified food offers one of our best hopes for feeding the world's growing population. Vandalising experimental research is short-sighted, ignorant and malicious.
Monsanto Maize: EU Blocks France Ban On MON 810 "Yieldgard"
Days after France attempted to ban a genetically-modified strain of maize created by the controversial agricultural company Monsanto, based in St. Louis, Mo., the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rejected France's grounds for banning the maize, even though France believes the corn is harmful to the environment.
European authorities reject French ban on Monsanto corn
European authorities have rejected a French government effort to ban a genetically modified corn developed by Creve Coeur-based Monsanto Co.
EU Rejects France's Ban on Monsanto's GM Corn
Europe's food safety agency on Monday rejected France's temporary ban on a strain of Monsanto's genetically modified maize. The EU food safety body, the European Food Safety Authority, found that "there is no specific scientific evidence, in terms of risk to human and animal health or the environment" to support a ban. In March France had imposed a new temporary ban on Monsanto's MON810 maize ...
Labels for modified food fail in Conn. legislature
A key Connecticut lawmaker says efforts to enact state legislation requiring labeling of genetically modified food died in the face of threatened lawsuits by food producers.Rep. Richard Roy, the House ...
EU food agency rejects France ban on Monsanto GM maize
Europe's food safety agency EFSA on Monday rejected the grounds for a temporary French ban on a genetically modified strain of maize made by US company Monsanto.
Genetically modified health?
Scratch the surface of genetically modified (GM) foods and you find a topic that makes people very itchy indeed.It is a debate that spans health, politics, power, environment and ethics and on either side are people with passionately opposing points of view.Advocates argue that GM can improve the quality of food.
Okanagan growers concerned consumers will find genetically modified fruit appealing
Orchardists in B.C.’s Okanagan region worry that the introduction of genetically modified trees could take a bite out of fruit sales. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is considering an application to allow a genetically modified variety of apple called the Arctic Apple.
Is genetically modified food safe?
Food that's been genetically altered to grow bigger and better was introduced to consumers about 15 years ago. And the debate over GMOs has been growing ever since. GMO stands for genetically modified organisms, and refers to any plant or animal that has a gene from another organism purposely added to improve or change it. But many people question the food's safety. Genetically engineered crops ...
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