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Farm & Rural Commentary | November 12, 1999 | by Elbert van Donkersgoed Some farm voices and food executives were proverbial "ostriches with their heads in the sand" at a trade seminar in Guelph last week.

Reuters | November 12, 1999 | By Julie Vorman WASHINGTON - The Clinton Administration should not bow to activist pressure for labels on bioengineered foods because such a move would undermine the credibility of U.S. negotiators in world trade talks at the end of the month, some of the nation's biggest farm and food groups said Monday.

Reuters | November 14, 1999 LONDON - Consumer resistance to genetically modified food can be overcome if scientists develop products with benefits people can understand, a leading British scientist said on Sunday.

Reuters | November 12, 1999 | By Julie Vorman WASHINGTON - Federal rules require labels that tell if orange juice is made from concentrate, but U.S. consumers are even more hungry to know if their food contains bioengineered ingredients, two dozen green and consumer groups said Friday.

CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS | MONEY IN POLITICS ALERT | Vol. 5, #34 | November 15, 1999 | By Holly Bailey

Reuters | November 14, 1999 | By Michael Mann BRUSSELS - The European Union may be a leading advocate of a wide-ranging round of trade liberalisation talks, but one item it does not want included in the negotiations is trade in genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

CAREER PATH'S TWISTS LEAD GENETICIST ON A QUEST TO PUT FLAVOR BACK IN THE FRUIT L.A. Times | November 13, 1999 | TERRY MCDERMOTT There are, according to this feature, perhaps a dozen professional tomato breeders in the United States and no more than twice that worldwide. One - and we think only one - dreams of making yellow ketchup.

University of Missouri | November 11, 1999 | Forrest Rose COLUMBIA, Mo. - Bt, or non-Bt? That is the question.