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FSA announces GM steering group members

18-Nov-2009 - FSA announces GM steering group members ... consumer dialogue work on genetic modification (GM) in food. ... consumer dialogue work on genetic modification (GM) in food. ... Stilgoe, Professor Joyce Tait, Dr Helen Wallace and Professor Brian Wynne. The GM steering group is a 12-month project designed to uncover consumer understanding of GM and its potential risks

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Food price crisis not over yet, FAO

10-Nov-2009 - The UN agency’s latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation report acknowledges that international

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Debate planned on the future of agriculture

09-Nov-2009 - scientific advisor, and debate participants include Jacque de Puy, president of the European Crop Protection

Three speedy GM maize approvals ease soy imports

03-Nov-2009 - Three speedy GM maize approvals ease soy imports ... way for GM crops to be approved more quickly and efficiently, as getting to the Commission’s default the summer. Traces of unapproved GM maize have been found in shipments of US soy in June, and since ... GM maize, soy

Australia, NZ to review burden of food labelling laws

26-Oct-2009 - and New Zealand but all around the globe, include front-of-pack nutrition information, GM ingredients

GM maize approvals stumble at EU hurdles

20-Oct-2009 - GM maize approvals stumble at EU hurdles ... The ping-pong of approvals for GM crops in Europe played another round yesterday, when ... The ping-pong of approvals for GM crops in Europe played another round yesterday, when ... Approval of new GM crops in Europe is a long, drawn out process, made more complex by fierce , comes as no surprise. For over a decade approvals for all GM crops approved for import and/or cultivated ... Monsanto, Pioneer, Syngenta, GM, maize

Spanish research cites health worry as GM barrier

19-Oct-2009 - Spanish research cites health worry as GM barrier ... , few GM crops can be cultivated commercially in the EU, in comparison with the US, where take up has planted with GM crops in that country. The research has been accepted for publication in a ... GM, Spain, health

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Fat chance for action on World Food Day

16-Oct-2009 - and infrastructure so farmers can meet their markets; spur development of crops and techniques to counter the ravages world hunger, as they are promoting crops for biofuel over food. The United States comes second to last

New gelatine product for ‘creamy’ fat-free ice cream

14-Oct-2009 - on the market that claim to improve the texture of low fat ice cream include a GM yeast product from Unilever

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RSSL offers GM linseed test

13-Oct-2009 - RSSL offers GM linseed test ... Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) says it can now offer testing for GM linseed to companies ... Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) says it can now offer testing for GM linseed to companies ... GM linseed (also called flax) of the FP967 or CDC Triffic variety is not approved in Europe ... GM linseed

PureCircle raises $67.18m for stevia investment

18-Nov-2009 - than crops yielding sugar and demand for the crop benefits hundreds of thousands of the world’s poorest

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GM soybean oil increases omega-3 EPA in blood, says research

17-Nov-2009 - GM soybean oil increases omega-3 EPA in blood, says research ... quantified the impact of GM soybean oil on levels of omega-3 EPA in red blood cells. ... quantified the impact of GM soybean oil on levels of omega-3 EPA in red blood cells. ... to be done to assess the effectiveness of the GM soybean oil as a health ingredient in food products. “Our

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No health threat from radiation in UK food chain

17-Nov-2009 - for growing food crops and has previously been found to contain levels of a specific radionuclide

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Coffee linked to breast and colon cancer

13-Nov-2009 - , explained Allred. "There's a history of these compounds in crops such as soy. Soy has a number

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Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat

10-Nov-2009 - and continues to take very seriously its responsibility to ensure that these crops are produced in a way

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Siddiqui defends against anti-organic accusations

05-Nov-2009 - and regulatory affairs at CropLife – saying that he would serve the interests of big agribusiness over those

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Action groups slam Siddiqui nomination

04-Nov-2009 - current position as vice president of science and regulatory affairs at CropLife, a company AgroSciences, DuPont, BASF and Syngenta. If confirmed, Siddiqui would relinquish his CropLife post

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Kraft rolls out sustainable chocolate range

30-Oct-2009 - the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal. He said that the results have been encouraging, with the last crop

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French help for Indian food processing sector

28-Oct-2009 - be undertaken on the supply cycle methods of crops and cattle to processed food and links developed between

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New pea product boosts functional fiber range

28-Oct-2009 - the hulls of field-dried peas, pea fiber is a by-product of pea splitting. Pea crops are un

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