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White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By Carey Gillam July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

By Carey Gillam June 22, 2015

Reuters — Dozens of consumer and food groups and businesses asked the U.S. government on Monday for tighter regulation of genetically engineered crops, calling the current system a “failure.” The U.S. Department of Agriculture has said it was considering changes to the way it regulates biotech crops and set a public comment period that expired […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

By philip-blenkinsop, GFM Network News April 24, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union cleared the import of 10 new types of genetically modified crops and two more kinds of cut flowers on Friday, its first authorizations in more than a year after a review of its blocked approval process. The European Commission said it had authorized 10 new types of maize, […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Green group targets Super Bowl’s official hummus

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 23, 2015

If you’re a chickpea grower and you didn’t already know it, you’ll be pleased to hear Americans watching the Super Bowl this weekend might not only be chowing down on chicken wings. Thanks to its designation as the National Football League’s (NFL) official dip sponsor, they could also be dipping into Sabra brand hummus, of […] Read more

A new technique for “biocontainment” of GMOs may allow the technology to be used to make microbes for uses ranging from producing yogurt to cleaning up toxic waste. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Reuters

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

By Sharon Begley, GFM Network News January 21, 2015

New York | Reuters — A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another “synthetic biology” milestone: They created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade chemical, potentially overcoming a major obstacle to wider use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

By Reuters November 14, 2014

Berlin | Reuters — Germany is pressing the European Commission to allow individual EU countries to ban cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the 2015 harvest. German farm minister minister Christian Schmidt said “social-economic reasons” should be taken into account to allow a European Union country to ban GMO crops even when […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

November 12, 2014

Brussels | Reuters — EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent. Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

GMO battles over ‘settled’ science spur new study of crops

By Carey Gillam November 11, 2014

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, and its brethren of global biotech crop developers are spreading the word that as far as the safety of their genetically modified grain goes, the science is solidly on their side. The message of “settled” science has become the rallying cry for defenders of the crops and […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Potatoes, Reuters

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

By Ros Krasny, GFM Network News November 8, 2014

CORRECTED, Nov. 10, 2014 — Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday approved the first genetically modified potato for commercial planting in the United States in more than a decade, a move likely to draw the ire of groups opposed to artificial manipulation of foods. The so-called Innate potato, developed by the […] Read more

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White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

Groups urge tighter controls as U.S. considers GM crop regulation

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

Green group targets Super Bowl’s official hummus

Scientists create ‘genetic firewall’ for new forms of life

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

GMO battles over ‘settled’ science spur new study of crops

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

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