October 2000
headlines and summaries

(For archives, see bottom)

October 31

US hopes Japan will approve StarLink corn for feed -- Reuters

StarLink corn was grown in other countries - Aventis -- Reuters

Edible vaccine for hepatitis B on horizon -- Reuters

Australian GM laws seen helping to ease public fear -- Reuters

EPA pledges review of biotech corn -- AP

Food fears -- Washington Post column by Christopher Close

Americans tell Kellogg's: Stop using scary corn -- Greenpeace press release

Consultant: GMO issues in Brazilian soybeans a 'colossal mess' -- Pro Farmer Editors

Activists address genetics at Michigan State U -- The State News

Doctor's advice: Eat organic until GMO issue settles down -- Pro Farmer Editors

Wales: Bates calls for caution on GM crops -- News Wales Co. UK

New Zealand to ban GM corn products -- The Evening Post

October 30

EPA: Consumers complaining of reactions to biotech corn found in food supply -- CNN

Mice protected by vaccine in GM potatoes -- Telegraph (UK)

Few in Asia worried about US biocorn trade -- Reuters

No need for EU alarm over StarLink corn - EU aide -- Reuters

EPA sets Nov meeting on StarLink biocorn -- Reuters

Genetically modified 'super salmon' is no fish story -- Fox News

A regulatory maize / Critics say biocorn debacle points up flaws in splintered regulatory scheme for biotech foods -- Legal Times

ADM to export StarLink to Europe, Mexico and South America -- Cropchoice News

Japan asks that imports of corn be StarLink-free -- Wall Street Journal

October 29

GM food tests 'inadequate' -- The Age (Australia)

StarLink genie out of bottle -- UPI

In dreams, or nightmares, we fly -- The Age (Australia)

October 28

Frankenfoods are on the ropes, but biotech is due for a comeback -- New Scientist magazine editorial

Make them safe / Genetically modified crops are riskier than they should be -- New Scientist magazine column by Michael Le Page

The next revolution -- New Scientist magazine

Biotech concerns continue to hold down corn futures -- Kansas City Star

50% of corn may be impure / Problem could cost 'hundreds of millions' -- Des Moines Register

October 27

StarLink fiasco wreaks havoc in the heartland / Developer wants EPA to approve seed for food supply -- USA Today

Biotech tricks or treats -- Washington Times column by Steven Milloy

Sara Lee defends engineered food policy -- Chicago Sun-Times

Bioengineered food fears founded, panelists say -- Birmingham News

Almost all altered corn tracked down, USDA says -- Los Angeles Times

USDA seeks advice on its role in bio-grain segregation -- Reuters

StarLink debacle, Spain may hike Argentine corn sales -- Reuters

Biotech food labeling is regulatory overkill -- Los Angeles Times column by Henry Miller

Altered corn hasn't crossed into Canada / 'No evidence' U.S. corn went north, government says -- Edmonton Journal

Sara Lee shareholders reject proposal to ban genetically modified ingredients -- Knight Ridder newspapers

Greenpeace and the Council of Canadians denounce secret recall of Canadian tacos containing unapproved genetically engineered animal food -- press release

Questions abound about biotech corn -- AP

ADM votes to still take genetically modified crops -- AP

Company offers new biotech corn data / Spokane stores pulling products from shelves -- Spokane Spokesman-Review

Weekly Farm: Some farmers profit from corn recall -- AP column by AP farm writer Philip Brasher

Is genetically modified food dangerous? Many people think so -- NewsNet5, Cleveland

Fed officials blame Aventis for biotech corn found in food -- Wall Street Journal

Approval should not come under duress / An okay from the EPA now seems expedient, not scientific -- Portland (Maine) Press Herald

Officials tackle Japanese concerns -- Des Moines Register

US corn exporters relieved at StarLink export okay -- Reuters

Nader calls for labels on genetically modified foods, seeds / Demands Clinton not bow to Aventis -- press release

October 26

Bioengineered corn reportedly detected in Japan -- New York Times

Japan asks US to avoid corn variety -- AP

Corn developer appeals to EPA -- New York Times

Firm seeks temporary approval for biotech corn -- Washington Post

Farmer-to-farmer campaign issues warning to farmers on StarLink retroactive growers contract / Aventis, not farmers, should be held liable for contamination of conventional corn fields -- press release by Farmer-to-Farmer Campaign on Genetic Engineering in Agriculture

StarLink scare may curb Asian appetite for U.S. corn -- Reuters

GEO debate ignores science -- news.com.au

Sara Lee says customers not concerned over GMO foods -- Reuters

Genetic crops present risks / Environmentalists say the process threatens markets for exports -- The Fresno Bee

Genesee County (NY) opposes moratorium on biotech crops -- AP

Report of StarLink corn in Japan heats up debate -- Los Angeles Times

Seattle stores remove taco shells that have modified corn -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

U.S. scrambles to limit trade costs of biotech corn -- Reuters

Almost all biotech corn recovered, USDA says -- AP

MPs vote against GM food labeling -- The Western Producer (Canada)

Taiwan regulators concerned about bio-corn -- Reuters

Internet plays healthy role in managing StarLink concerns -- Pro Farmer Editors

Biocorn contamination a costly headache for U.S. firms -- Reuters

Regulators are urged to permit bioengineered corn to be in food -- Wall Street Journal

EPA has learned their lesson re: StarLink corn -- agweb.com

Biotech crops are spreading throughout the U.S. food system -- Orlando Sentinel

U. Utah speech focuses on potential dangers of bioengineered food -- Daily Utah Chronicle

October 25

Biotech corn traces found -- Washington Post

Japan consumer group says finds StarLink corn -- Reuters

Japan says to ask U.S. to takes steps on StarLink -- Reuters

Biotech corn reportedly found in more taco shells -- Reuters

Corn recall hits 2-3 percent of Mexico Gruma's US sales -- Reuters

Genetically modified corn from U.S. found in Japan -- New York Times

Temporary biotech corn OK sought -- AP

Foodmakers to offer evidence of bio-corn safety -- Reuters

Concerns over biotech corn spread overseas -- Washington Post

Food Standards Agency wants changes to all EU food labeling -- Food Industry News

Greenpeace says GMOs a threat to California produce exports -- Ventura County Star

October 24

Farmers worried about modified corn -- AP

Slipup on taco chips raises questions about GM regulations -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

Talk of biotech corn in U.S. cargo rattles Japan -- Reuters

Farm scene: Farmers say attention needed to preserve corn identity -- AP

Kellogg to resume cereal production at Memphis plant -- AP

Kellogg back in full swing within days -- Scripps Howard News Service

Genetically altered food not your basic mutant anymore -- Seattle Times

Aventis widens search for gene-altered corn -- Reuters

U.S. foodmakers to offer new evidence of biocorn safety -- Reuters

Clinton urged to protect consumers from bio-corn contamination -- Greenpeace press release

Biotech opponent, defender will clash in Toronto -- Market News Publishing

October 23

Elevators get handle on problem -- AP

Some smell a rat in settlement of USDA animal-exemption case / Senator, lab lobby act swiftly to block funds for reparations -- San Francisco Chronicle

No quick fix seen for U.S. biotech food chaos -- Reuters

Contaminated corn causes Kellogg's run for cover -- Greenpeace press release

U.S. won't give temporary OK to Aventis biotech corn -- Reuters

Editorial: Fear not -- Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press

October 22

Bioengineered food touches science, culture -- Orlando Sentinel interview with bioethicist Paul B. Thompson

Growers caught in debate over biotechnology -- Scripps-McClatchy newspapers

GM virus 'cure' for heart disease / Revolutionary plan to inject coronary patients with microbes grown in lab -- The Observer (UK)

Genetically engineered corn takes longer to break down -- AP

October 21

Seeds of dissent: Interview with molecular biologist Richard Jefferson -- NewScientist

EU backs Italy in GM food ban -- Bloomberg

Some biotech corn still in market -- AP

Corn woes prompt Kellogg to shut down plant -- Washington Post

Corn flap points to food problems -- AP

Bio-corn tests disrupt Kellogg plant in Tennessee -- Reuters

Biotech concerns affect Kellogg Co. -- AP

Corn bites man -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial

Governors form new GMO advocacy group -- Omaha World-Herald

October 20

An 'unstoppable' technology? / Behind the biotech push: world hunger -- Christian Science Monitor

About 40 percent of genetically engineered corn planted in Iowa -- AP

Retrieving all biotech corn from food supply seen as doubtful -- Chicago Tribune

Farmers, grain merchants worry about biotech corn's spread -- AP

After uncertainty, Aventis says it will buy commingled StarLink -- Cropchoice News

Tyson stops buying genetically altered corn -- Reuters

EC questions if US biotech food regulations adequate -- Reuters

Cargill has StarLink corn problem under control - CEO -- Reuters

Genetic engineering may be a slice of life or 'Frankenfood' -- Houston Chronicle

Genetic tweaking of crops debated at meeting -- The Columbian (Oregon)

Across Asia, views on transgenic foods vary -- Omaha World-Herald

October 19

Biotech corn in various foods -- Washington Post

Wales 'will be outvoted' on GM rules -- BBC

Inquiry warned over milk from GM-fed cows -- The Independent (UK)

Editorial: GM inquiry starts on sensible note -- New Zealand Herald

EU postpones action on Italy's transgenic maize ban -- Reuters

Report: Biotech possibly already widespread in food supply chain -- Fox Market Wire

Corn company unable to locate some unapproved corn -- AP

Todd on agribusiness: GMO seed firms hurting their own cause -- BridgeNews commentary

Biotech briefing: Monsanto -- Forbes.com

Activists ask US foodmakers if they test for biocorn -- Reuters

Monarchs fluttering through world of new perils -- Los Angeles Times

Biotech's bad dream: Industry faces corn problem -- Lincoln (NB) Journal Star

October 18

Anti-genetic coalition says U.S. broke protection laws -- AP

Ethics, safety of bioengineered foods debated -- Reuters

Genomics seen transforming animal breeding - expert -- Reuters

Grocers around the nation pull more corn taco products -- Boston Herald

October 17

Farmers cite scarce data in corn mixing -- New York Times

Any risks negligible, say GE giants -- New Zealand Herald

ConAgra stops producing corn flour -- AP

'Frankenfish' or tomorrow's dinner? -- Washington Post

Biotech food industry has long way to go / Consumers still wary of genetically modified products, international conference is told -- Montreal Gazette

Taiwan to require GMO product labeling in 2001 -- Reuters

U.S. grocers scramble to pull gene-modified corn -- Reuters

'Frankenstein' rice to grow in two years -- Hong Kong Standard

Silver bullet to stop corn contamination? -- Cropchoice News

Corn grower president applauds EPA decision to make seed corporations responsible for economic losses / Farmers concerned about being kept in the dark on GMO corn recall -- American Corn Growers Association press release

October 16

Biotechnology can go a long way in battling hunger and disease -- Philadelphia Inquirer column by Stanley Wallach

Genetically engineered food crops focus of food fair, harvest fest -- Bangor (Maine) Daily News

October 15

Health fear over GM cattle feed / Key DNA fragments can enter the human food chain, reveals research by Commons committee -- The Observer (UK)

Food tests miss GM ingredients -- Sunday Times (UK)

StarLink corn controversy will explode on USDA, U.S. farmers -- Farm and Food File column by Alan Guebert

October 14

New concerns rise on keeping track of modified corn -- New York Times

Case illustrates risks of altered food -- New York Times

Call to develop GM 'terminator' genes -- Independent (UK)

Tortilla maker recalls products -- Sacramento Bee

October 13

Analysis: Are GMO foods safe? -- United Press International

Aventis gives up license to sell bioengineered corn -- New York Times

Japan corn imports seen unharmed by US food recall -- Reuters

USA Today editorial page debate: FDA quick to cap corn scare, by USA Today editors; Don't ignore the risks, by Jeremy Rifkin

Safeway pulls 2 taco shell brands; Biotech corn found in Mission Foods, store labels -- Sacramento Bee

EPA to revoke StarLink corn registration to end planting -- Los Angeles Times

Genetic engineering creates rice with 26 percent higher yield -- Korea Herald

Analysis - Asia farming on horns of a dilemma over GMOs -- Reuters

Safeway withdraws taco shells due to biotech corn -- Reuters

Mission Foods, Azteca Milling recall corn products -- Reuters

Biotech-corn product recall widens -- AP

German minister says education needed on GMO crops -- Reuters

Biotech official: biotech foods safer than hybridization -- AgWeb.com

Scientists differ on view of feeding hungry Africans -- AgWeb.com

Irving firms recall foods with yellow corn -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Sentries for genetically engineered corn / Groups that found tainted taco shells say they'll keep testing food items -- San Francisco Examiner

October 12

Safeway Inc. to recall its taco shells -- Washington Post

Safeway recalls taco shells after test questions corn origin -- New York Times

Tricon says Kraft recall modestly hampers sales -- Reuters

Safeway recalls its taco shells -- CNN

More Frankenfood taco shells -- AP

Bioengineered corn also found in Safeway brand taco shells -- Los Angeles Times

GE contaminant found in Safeway brand taco shells -- GE Food Alert press release

Gene barrier in corn may boost trade, environment -- Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison press release

'Biotech will not feed the world,' says Oxfam Canada, Greenpeace and CUSO -- press release

Mexican environmentalists protest U.S. modified corn -- Reuters

New agreement prevents Starlink corn planting - EPA -- Reuters

GM giant 'will threaten seed supplies' -- BBC

GMA survey shows Americans learning more about biotechnology; food consumption patterns unchanged -- Grocery Manufacturers of America press release

GM crop debate grows in North Carolina -- The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)

StarLink corn withdrawn from U.S. market -- Reuters

Bioengineered corn withdrawn -- AP

GM food recall causing ripple effect on food retailers -- Reuters

Yielding positive results / Gene revolution as a farming aid -- The Times of India column by P Chengal Reddy

Grocery pulls taco shells off shelves -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Cracking up over taco shells -- Washington Times column by Henry Miller

Little evidence that GMOs unsafe -- News 24, South Africa

EU view on GM crops may be changing - U.S. official -- Reuters

October 11

Food agency accused of publishing propaganda -- CBC

Greenpeace accuses food agency of bias -- The Canadian Press

Farm state senator offers biotech food bill -- Reuters

Durbin will unveil bill to toughen oversight by FDA of biotech food -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Environmental group seeks UK biocrop criminal charges -- Dow Jones Newswire

Farmer's goal to provide high-quality food -- The Oklahoman

Miracle crops that immunize -- The Oklahoman

Starlink corn found in Safeway taco-shells - group -- Reuters

Give biotech a chance to feed world, Glickman says -- Birmingham News

Genetic ID: Caught in the headlights of the biotech debate -- New York Times

Alarm as cult announces plans to clone humans -- The Guardian (UK)

Genetic engineering will not feed world - Greenpeace -- Reuters

Eating away disease / A scientist hopes specially modified fruits and vegetables can vaccinate the world -- ABCnews.com

October 10

Firm claims weed-control benefits of GM sugar beet -- Irish Times

Syngenta to face protest over GM technology -- Reuters

Unauthorized GM seed found in crop trial -- Ananova (UK)

Officials say unauthorized GM seeds grown in UK -- Reuters

EU publishes interim biocrop import monitoring measures -- Dow Jones Newswire

Some Brazilian farmers still find a way to raise Roundup Ready soybeans -- Pro Farmer Editors

October 9

Scientist doubts GMOs hurt Monarch butterflies -- CBC

GM food fear to pass, Monsanto Argentina contends -- Reuters

GM 'mashed potato' revealed -- BBC

Biotech company concedes 'immorality' of patent plan -- AAP (Australia)

Modified beet seed dropped after trial mistake -- Financial Times

USDA to recall StarLink Bt corn -- Chemical Market Reporter

Biotech crops as 'health food?' -- New York Times

October 8

Revealed: secret GM crop trials -- The Independent (UK)

Small-scale GM trials revealed -- BBC

Gene scientists disable plants' immune system -- The Guardian (UK)

Activists move to 'label' GMO foods themselves -- Cropchoice News

Non-GMO feed taking off in Europe? / A blow to biotech across the Atlantic -- Cropchoice News

India: Government to set up National Seeds Board to check misuse of GM seeds -- Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay)

October 7

China rushes to adopt genetically modified crops -- New York Times

October 6

Corn grower elevator survey shows strong demand for farmer segregation -- American Corn Growers Foundation press release

Will this really be the 'ag biotech age' ... or the 'ag litigation age?' -- Pro Farmer Editors

BASF to put 700 mln Euros into GM plant research -- Reuters

Nader joins call to action on genetically engineered foods / Farmers and consumers both lose, Nader says -- Nader campaign press release

French scientists hopping mad over GM rabbit -- Reuters

October 5

Brazil Greenpeace to launch anti-GM food site -- Reuters

U.S. biofood industry plans advisory panel -- Reuters

American Chiropractic Association supports regulation of genetically modified plants -- ACA press release

FDA to test more foods for Franken-corn -- Fox News

GMA applauds judge's rejection of activists' lawsuit against FDA biotech policy -- Grocery Manufacturers of America press release

Aventis told: Speak or lose! -- Friends of the Earth (UK) press release

Iceland's livestock goes GM-free: Chain steals another march on competition -- Friends of the Earth (UK) press release

October 4

Judge upholds FDA policy on genetically altered foods -- New York Times

Judge nixes label for altered crops -- AP

Federal court holds that FDA currently has no regulations on genetically engineered foods -- Center for Food Safety press release

U.S. food firms hail biofood label ruling -- Reuters

Eek! Attack of the perfectly harmless tacos! -- Wall Street Journal column by Holman W. Jenkins Jr.

BIO applauds court ruling on FDA biotech policy -- Biotechnology Industry Organization press release

Greenpeace issues 'shopping list' of biofoods -- Reuters

Incident shows need to label genetically altered food -- Los Angeles Times column by Ronnie Cummins and Ben Lilliston

Activists to list genetic foods / Greenpeace now reports products to public after FDA refusal -- San Francisco Examiner

October 3

Taco Bell's core customers seem undaunted by shell scare -- New York Times

FDA will widen probe of biotech corn misuse -- Washington Post

GM fodder firm will not give evidence -- Sunday Times (UK)

Biotech corn leads to series of recalls -- Forbes.com

GM maize opponents struggle at hearing -- Reuters

Stakes raised in Europe's GM food fight -- CNN

UK government inquiry says Aventis 'unhelpful', FT reports -- Bloomberg

Suspended fines for French anti-GMO campaigners -- Reuters

FDA widens biotech corn testing -- Reuters

Modified foods get mixed reviews as industry tries to separate fact, fiction -- San Diego Daily Transcript

Science award winners hope to dispel GM fears -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Greenpeace finds 13.7 million Britons prefer GMOs -- BridgeNews

October 2

Mother fights GM maize seed being listed before full trials -- Sunday Times (UK)

US grains-corn exports unhurt by tainted tacos -- Reuters

Uphill fight for GM trials -- The Scotsman

Agribiz firms seen to focus next on consumer needs in development of gene-altered food -- Business World

GM 'solution' to over-fishing -- BBC

Opponents of GM crops to air views in UK hearing -- Reuters

Taco shell case lights several fires -- Feedstuffs.com

Debate flares over engineered foods in New York -- Albany Democrat and Chronicle

Tempest in a taco shell -- Time magazine

Anti-GM vigilantes marshal forces in India, push for 10-year moratorium -- Xinhua News Agency

China says GM crops are answer to future food supply -- Xinhua News Agency

Law review hint after GM protesters cleared -- Ananova.com (UK)

October 1

'Secret test' threat to GM crop trials -- Independent (UK)

GM scientists go for growth with luminous lawn -- Electronic Telegraph (UK)

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