04.12.2015
- The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has adopted a resolution urging the EU Commission not to approve the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM maize NK603 x T25 in food...
09.09.2015
- US food safety advocate group Center for Food Safety (CFS) has sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), charging that it...
16.06.2014
- Both industry and ecology groupings have criticized the decision by the European Union's environment ministers to allow member states to opt out of allowing cultivation of...
25.03.2014
- Maize crops engineered to produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are planted on millions of hectares annually, reducing the use of...
18.03.2014
- A U.S. public interest group, Center for Food Safety (CFS), is asking a Washington, D.C. court to force the Department of Agriculture to turn over nearly 1,200 documents related to...
18.02.2014
- Deutsche Industrievereinigung Biotechnologie (DIB), the association of German companies engaged in biotechnology, has criticized plans by some EU member states to opt out of...
12.02.2014
- Thanks to Germany's abstention, the EU Council of Ministers on Feb. 11 elected by default to approve cultivation of a new type of insect-resistant genetically modified maize...
15.06.2013
- The unapproved genetically modified wheat that was discovered sprouting in Oregon appears to have been "a single isolated incident," U.S. agricultural officials said on Friday in...
