Publication archives

Reuters | October 12, 1999 | David Brough

Reuters | October 13, 1999 | Sonali Paul MELBOURNE - Australia and New Zealand health ministers will, according to this story, decide next Friday how to enforce labelling rules for genetically engineered foods which could set a strict precedent for other nations.

Nature Biotechnology | October 1999 | Editorial | Volume 17, Number 10 p 933

Nature Biotechnology | October 1999 | Volume 17 Number 10 p 938 | Steven C. Price, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705 To the editors:

Reuters | October 13, 1999 LONDON - Scientists were cited as reacting angrily angrily Wednesday to a commentary in a leading science magazine slamming the criterion used to assess the safety of genetically modified foods. They said the commentary in Nature magazine by food safety policy expert Erik Millstone of the University of Sussex and his colleagues was flawed.

Ontario Farmer | October 5, 1999 | SUSAN MANN Consumer confidence is, according to this story, the prize in a public opinion battle fought over food safety. AGCare chairman Jim Fischer was quoted as saying, "I guess the reality is that it's a very confusing time for the consumer."

The Guardian (UK) | Jane Martinson in New York | October 13, 1999 International consumer activists accused the American biotechnology industry and US government of "bio-colonialism" yesterday and vowed to step up their campaign against genetically modified foods in the United States.

Guardian (UK) | October 14, 1999 | Tim Radford, Science Editor Genetic engineers today launch a counter-offensive in the battle over GM crops. Five scientists protest in Nature, the world's leading science journal, against a claim that genetically altered crops could not be regarded as safe until they had passed the toxicity tests used for new drugs.