Publication archives

Reuters | October 22, 1999 MANILA - Philippine consumer groups were cited as asking the government on Friday to require food firms to label food products containing ingredients with genetically modified organisms (GMO).

The Charlottetown Guardian | Opinion | October 22, 1999

USDA - ARS News Service | October 22, 1999 WASHINGTON - A formal agreement signed this week by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) broadens the two organizations' collaborative ties in helping secure the world's food, fiber and other agricultural needs through cooperative research and information.

GUARDIAN (London) | October 25, 1999 | Julian Borger in Washington A US biotechnology company is seeking to patent segments of the human genetic code in an attempt to cash in on its research before British-led moves are implemented to prevent the "human blueprint" becoming the private property of a few corporations.

INDEPENDENT (London) | October 25, 1999 | By Oliver Tickell Top laws firms in the United States and Britain are to launch a series of class actions next month in which they will demand "hundreds of millions of dollars" in damages from the principal companies involved in the production of genetically modified (GM) seeds and food crops.

Washington, D.C. | October 12-15, 1999 Statement of the Trade & Environment Working Group

PA News | October 22, 1999 | By Geoff Meade, PA News European Editor, Brussels France was exposed today as a nation which has routinely and illegally been using animal waste - and probably human waste - in animal feesdstuffs.

Reuters | October 21, 1999