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IFIC SURVEY FINDS BRIGHTER CONSUMER OUTLOOK ON FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY Jun 1, 2000 / From a press release WASHINGTON -- Consumer attitudes regarding food biotechnology are increasingly positive after a slight dip last fall. This is according to the latest International Food Information Council (IFIC) survey of U.S. consumers, conducted May 5-9, by Wirthlin Worldwide.

May 31/00 / Reuters LISBON - The United States and the European Union were cited as agreeing on Wednesday to establish an independent panel to review issues at the heart of a dispute over trade in biotechnology products such as genetically modified food.

May 31, 2000 / The Guardian / James Meikle Monsanto, the international company that pioneered the use of genetically modified crops, has, according to this story, revealed that its most widely used GM product contains unexpected gene fragments, raising fresh doubts that the technology is properly understood.

By A. Rodney Bobiwash/Wacoquaakmik May 30, 2000

Wednesday, 31 May, 2000 / BBC Story GM seeds were sown at Mr al-Fayed's Scots estate Harrods owner Mohammed al-Fayed has offered to help pay a union's legal costs of any court action it takes over the genetically modified seeds blunder.

By Randall Mikkelsen QUELUZ, Portugal (Reuters) - President Clinton and European Union leaders began a summit Wednesday expected to focus on deepening trade disputes between the United States and Europe, the world's largest trading partners.

LISBON (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States will hold consultations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) next week on a U.S. plan to rotate sanctions on EU products in two trade disputes, EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said on Wednesday.