It's been another big year for the food industry, with food taxes, palm oil, GM maize, nutrition labelling and organics dominating the headlines. Check out our photo gallery with links to our coverage of some of the biggest issues of 2012.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a final rejection of the French study linking genetically modified (GM) maize and Roundup herbicide with increased cancer risk, saying it had serious defects and failed to meet scientific standards.
French maize growers and seed companies have appealed a ban on the cultivation of Monsanto’s genetically modified maize to the country's highest court, arguing that the ban is unjustified and economically harmful.
France's environmental policy will be discussed in a hearing at the
Senate tomorrow in the lead up to a vote on whether or not to
extend the country's temporary ban on genetically modified (GM)
crops.
Accusations have flown in Italy this week over
the government's alleged suppression of field trial results
suggesting the benefits of two Monsanto Bt maize varieties.
European Union experts will decide on Monday whether imports of
Herculex RW, a genetically modified maize variety developed by the
multinational seed company Pioneer, should be allowed into
Europe.
For the first time in Europe's history, and in the face of strong
opposition, European countries will be able to grow GM maize in
their fields as Brussels waves through a biotech corn into the EU's
catalogue.
The German company Bayer CropScience has scrapped plans to
cultivate its genetically modified (GM) forage maize variety
Chardon LL in the UK, citing government constraints for making it
'economically non viable', reports...
European scientists will meet today to decide the fate of a
genetically modified corn developed by US biotech giant Monsanto. A
positive outcome from the committee would end Europe's five year
ban on GM crops, attacked by a host...
The advent of new European legislation on genetically modified
organisms - applicable as of last week - will hit all players in
the food industry. In a bid to render the new rules clearer we have
decided to take the step to publish...
