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November
1999
headlines and summaries
October
news archives
September
August
July
June
November
30
Antibiotech
effort bloomed despite little funding and lack of consensus
Canadian
Government fast-tracked Monsanto's GM potatoes
Genetic
engineering creates supersalmon - and controversy
November
29
EU
court adviser says France unjustified on GMOs
French
not impressed with GMOs - survey
Protesters
attacked McDonald's at WTO meeting
McCain
drops genetically engineered hot potato
French
farm leader seeks food safety issue on WTO agenda
November
28
Austria
snubs GM crops as ``forbidden fruit''
The
battle for the hearts and minds of farmers
Growing
furor over Frankenfoods - rally in Mission protests genetically altered
crops
November
27
Genetic
food dispute traps small countries
CFFO
calls for mandatory labeling of GE foods
November
26
Biological
products raise genetic ownership issues
EU
parliament demands more power over GMOs
U.S.
says has 'real problem' with Europe on food
New
Zealand approves GM cows
November
25
Monsanto
wins court ban on UK GM-crop protests
Trade
debate reflects fears of food alterations
Superheroes
against GM-pants...protest at UK store
U.S.
group launches protests against biotech foods
Food
and agriculture give WTO heartburn (Seattle Times editorial)
November
24
Biotech
crops spur warning (Washington Post front-page coverage)
U.S.
biotech plantings seen sliding 25 percent--group
Europe
seeks to end GM licensing block
Activists
attack bioengineered foods
Biotech
firms welcome EU proposals to break GMO deadlock
November
23
South
Korea to begin labeling GM food before April 2000
November
22
Genetic patenting row,
looms over WTO talks / Developing world accuses US, Europe of 'bio-piracy'
Britain to host
international GM meeting
Who's afraid of Frankenfood?
(from Time magazine's Nov. 29 edition)
November
21
Corn
growers tell farmers not to wait on WTO meeting in Seattle to determine
their planting intentions for 2000
Austria
snubs GM crops as ``forbidden fruit''
November
20
Farmers
urge WTO to adopt clear rules on GM food
November
19
Two
sides square off on genetically altered food
Gene-altered
seeds storm South America
A
biotech food fight
Midwest
farmers lose faith they had in biotech crops
UK
food scares boost organic sales 40 percent
Monsanto
CEO polls investors on sale, spinoff options
November
18
Hundreds
to protest gene-altered foods
FDA
addressing bioengineered foods
Opponents
lock horns at U.S. genetic crop hearing
Monsanto
says fear of biofoods could impact U.S. demand
Opponents
prepare for Chicago hearing on bio-engineered foods
Modified
soy beaten by the heat
Birdseed
is GM peril, say gardeners
Canadians
divided over labeling
Gene
foods highlight worldwide splits on labels
Labels
and labs mission impossible in GM war
Two-tiered
market evolving for GM crops
November
17
US
poised for a biotech food fight / Europe's suspicion of genetically
altered foods crosses the Atlantic
U.S.
farmers at crossroads as GM debate swirls
Tough
times ahead for U.S. seed makers
November
16
Japan
hopes for global rules to calm GM fears
GM
debate begins to bite in Asia
Truce
needed to work out biotech food labels-USDA
Canadian
groups denounce government inaction on labeling GE foods
"Kellogg's,
stop using genetically modified food," Greenpeace says
November
15
US
hopes science will prevail in GM crop debate
Monsanto
may find no buyers, but its Searle may be a plum
Japan
approves new GMOs amid consumer criticism
Brave
new farm: the battle over genetically-altered food
November
14
Monsanto
faces its many options
GM
food must show benefits for consumer -scientist
European
Union nervous of specific GMO talks at Seattle
November
13
Farmers
in crossfire of fight over labeling genetically altered food
November
12
New
York Times page 1 coverage: Biotech
companies take on critics of gene-altered food
USDA
to set testing standards for biotech crops
Biotech
food labels bad for trade, business, says US industry
Activists:
If juice labeled, why not biotech foods?
Consortium
calls for suspension of release of all genetically engineered organisms
November
11
Bipartisan
group calls for labeling
Summary
of "Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act"
U.S.
bill would require labels on biotech foods
Cotton
seed firm's stock drops on market concern of Monsanto deal
November
10
Corn
growers endorse labeling for foods containing genetically altered products
Forests
in danger from GM super-tree says WWF
GM
chicks could be future drug factories
Lawmakers
seek labeling for genetically engineered foods
Monsanto
Co. reportedly expects sale or merger
November
9
Green
group warns on GM tree development
Greenpeace
challenges French green light for GM-modified maize
Novartis
considers Monsanto takeover
U.S.
pursues two-track biotech crop strategy
EU's
top judges asked to rule on landmark GMO case
U.S.
green, consumer groups demand labels on biotech food
Experts discuss
biotechnology backlash at Fort Worth, Texas, conference
November
8
Biotechnology
= Hunger
November
7
Japan's
consumers shun food from modified crops in grocery stores
Iceland
(British supermarket) boss to freeze out meat reared on GM feed
Battle
brews over protecting rights to genetically engineered crops
November
6
Chinese
legislator calls for GM regulation
New
worries on GM foods
Three
year pause to assess effects of GM crops in the UK
November
5
US
Democrats urge labels on biotech foods
Clinton
defends U.S. foods on tour of heartland
November
4
Altered
corn safe for some monarchs
S.
Korea to prepare proposal for GMO labeling
November
3
New
York Times front page article and sidebar: Few
federal checks exist on the growing of crops whose genes are altered; Studies
note risks of genetically modified plants
November
2
British
officials keep quiet over possible BSE risk from cosmetics
Scientists
discount threat to butterfly from altered corn
Japan
to list non-GM soybean futures by mid-2000
November
1
Corn
growers urge USDA to abandon 'terminator' seed
Pro-GM
food scientist 'threatened editor'
In Chicago, scientists
will discuss the effect of genetically engineered corn on butterflies
Canadian scientists
form coalition to support biotechnology
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