Publication archives

Reuters | October 28, 1999 | Robert S. Elliott

National Post | October 25, 1999 | Terry Daynard For different reasons, activist groups and a few farm organizations are calling for the mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients - even those nutritionally identical to traditional products.

The Herald | October 27, 1999 | By CRAIG SKEHAN, Herald Correspondent in Bangkok Thai authorities are struggling to protect billions of dollars worth of exports as countries with restrictions or bans on genetically modified crops start to reject Thai food products.

Business Day (Johannesburg) | November 1, 1999 | By Simon Barber Washington - Increased African access to the US market, seemingly killed by Senate Democrats, has one more shot at being enacted this week after an 11th-hour compromise, with authenticity of which remains in question.

The Ottawa Citizen | October 25, 1999 | BY Pauline Tam Ontario's largest corn buyer is urging farmers to plant conventionally bred as well as genetically modified varieties next spring because of uncertainty over what North American and European consumers will tolerate.

By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman Tired of getting fundraising letters in the mail?

Dow Jones | October 31, 1999 TOKYO - About two-thirds of major food producers polled by The Nihon Keizai Shimbun are, according to this story, considering a switch to non-genetically modified ingredients because labeling of GM foods will be required from April 2001, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Monday morning edition.

No. 208 | October 28, 1999 | Page A-4 | ISSN 1523-567X | Regulation, Law & Economics | International Trade | By Daniel Pruzin GENEVA - The United States Oct. 27 blocked an attempt by Australia and New Zealand to establish a World Trade Organization dispute panel to rule on U.S. tariff rate quotas applied to lamb imports from the two countries.