Publication archives

Nov 18, 1999

Asia's Place in the GM Debate

Reuters | November 16, 1999 SYDNEY - Rules are on the way in Asia to regulate genetic foods, with Australia and Japan taking the initiative.
Nov 18, 1999

Two-Tiered Market Evolving for GM Crops

Reuters | November 18, 1999 | By Greg Frost PARIS - European and Japanese consumers have, according to this story, balked at the safety of genetically modified (GM) crops, but Japan is ahead of Europe in building a two-tiered market that prices GM-free food at a premium to gene-altered varieties.
Nov 18, 1999

Potato Gene Engineering Research Should Benefit Andes Farmers

USDA ARS News Service | November 15, 1999 New potato genes built by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service might boost the health of subsistence farm families in villages throughout the Andes mountains. The Andean region of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador is the ancestral home of the potato, America's most popular vegetable.
Nov 18, 1999

Key Data on GM Food in the European Union

Reuters | November 18, 1999 BRUSSELS - Following are key facts on how the European Union treats growing and labelling of genetically modified crops and foods containing GM ingredients.
Nov 18, 1999

Novartis Seeds Reaches Agreement on Contractual and Patent Litigation Issues with Monsanto

November 15, 1999 | from a press release
Nov 18, 1999

'Frankenfoods' at Center Stage During Sustain's 'Rally to Stop Genetically Engineered Foods'

November 17, 1999 | from a press release
Nov 18, 1999

Truce Needed to Work Out Biotech Food Labels

Reuters | November 15, 1999 | By Julie Vorman
Nov 18, 1999

U.S. Green Group to Launch Biotech Food Protests

Reuters | November 17, 1999 | By Julie Vorman WASHINGTON - The environmental group Friends of the Earth was cited as saying Wednesday it will launch a series of demonstrations at American grocery stores to demand labels on foods containing genetically altered ingredients.