Joining the heated debate on GM food crops and ingredients, a group
of agricultural experts, herded together under the UN-backed FAO,
declare an A to Z approach must be the only path for 'responsible
deployment' of GM crops.
New rules in Europe recently opened the way for market
opportunities of GM food crops but the debate still rattles on with
the focus now turned to the co-existence of GM, organic and
conventional crops with a new UK report claiming...
Evidence that the consumer backlash against GMOs is far from dying
down comes as consumer groups consolidate to launch a global effort
to push for a moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
in seeds, crops and foodstuffs.
Claims by anti-GM groups that genetically modified crops cannot
co-exist with 'normal' ones without causing contamination have been
exaggerated, and increasing the regulatory burden on GM crops in
Europe would be inequitable...
Brandishing the banner for genetically modified foods, a leading
scientist this week warns that by 2050 conventional crops will not
be enough to feed the 9 billion mouths.
Early last week the German government passed a bill codifying
European Union legislation for the cultivation and export of
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into national law. Following
suit, the UK government seems set to give...
Raising a hand for the pro-GM camp, UK scientists assert that there
is an ethical obligation to explore the benefits that genetically
modified crops could offer people in developing countries.
MEPs last week voted to adopt a contentious report calling for
rules to be established at the community level on the coexistence
of genetically modified (GM) crops with ordinary crops. A move that
squares up against the Commission...
Former UK minister for the environment, Michael Meacher refuses to
be silenced on the GM debate warning sales of GMO products should
be stalled until more extensive research is carried out.
Future co-existence of GM and non-GM foods is further put under
question as Friends of the Earth claims to have obtained a report
destined for the UK government revealing that if GM crops are
commercially grown in the UK it would...
Twelve out of the 15 European Union Member States could soon face
court action should they continue to ignore EU legislation on
genetically modified crops.
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) this week released
reports for public comment recommending the use of a GM canola and
a GM corn as foodsfor human consumption. ANZFA maintains that food
derived from these two GM crops...