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Reuters | November 26, 1999 BRUSSELS - The European Parliament was cited as demanding on Friday that it be given joint decision-making powers with European Union governments on any future legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Dow Jones | November 25, 1999 KYOTO, Japan - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun was cited as reporting in its Friday morning edition that Takara Shuzo Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. will start a service measuring exactly how much genetically modified organisms are contained in imported soybeans and other foods from Dec. 1.

New York Times | November 26, 1999 | ANDREW POLLACK For generations, tribesmen in the Amazon rain forest have used secretions from the skin of a frog to make poison blow darts. Now Abbott Laboratories is developing a painkiller modeled on the active chemical in the frog secretion that seems as effective as morphine but without damaging side effects.

Associated Press | November 27, 1999 | By THAKSINA KHAIKAEW, Associated Press Writer PHETCHABUN, Thailand - Thailand is blessed with a gentle climate, abundant farmland and modern agribusiness that have made the small Southeast Asian nation an unlikely but important food exporter, the world leader for rice.

Philadelphia Inquirer | November 28, 1999 Europe's demand for unaltered food is felt on the farm. A rejection of genetically modified seeds may force many U.S. farmers to give up their easier growing methods. By Andrea Knox, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Dow Jones | November 24, 1999 TOKYO - The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has, according to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun in its Thursday morning edition, decided not to set a numerical ceiling on the portion of genetically modified ingredients a food product may contain and still be labeled GM-free.

PR Newswire | November 29, 1999 NFPA 'Strongly Supports' Current FDA Labeling Policy, But 'Well-Defined Criteria' Are Needed to Ensure Voluntary Label Statements Are Truthful and Non-Misleading

Toronto Star | November 24, 1999 | Op-Ed | David Suzuki David Suzuki, described as a nationally known geneticist and host of the TV program, The Nature of Things, writes in this op-ed piece that, I am a geneticist by training. Today, while I am no longer active as a researcher, I follow genetics, including the debate over genetically modified food.