Genetically Engineered Food Article Archive: Biotech, Biotechnology, gmo, genetically modified

2000

7,19: New York Times Reports on Launch of New Coalition to Drive GE Foods off the Market
May 10: OCA dumps Frankenfoods at Safeway shareholders meeting
April 9: Support legal action to get GE foods and crops off the market. Sample e-mail Also see Links.
April- Activists protest at biotechnology seminar -- PICTURES
April- Hayden bill for labeling biotech food in California, SB 1513.
April- Call to Action: April 4th and Apr 11th ge food dump in Los Angeles
Pictures from the Biodevastation Conference in Boston
March 27: Food Dump in Boston - Action Alert
March 21: Minnesota Anti-GE Activists Blockade Cargill's Headquarters
Please help with a California ballot initiative to label genetically engineered foods
Biodevastation March in Boston
Mar. 24-30: Anti-GE Activists Will Meet & March in Boston
March 1: OCA and US Activists Turn Up the Heat on Frankenfoods
2,10 - Foes of genetic research are leaving a trail of vandalism across the country
Jan 13: Submit your comments by FDA - Sample comment information

1999

December 14: OCA Spearheads Largest Anti-Biotech Demonstration in USA Thus Far at Oakland FDA Hearings
December 13 - attend the public hearing and/or rally in Oakland
10,25- US Government's Official (Propaganda) Statement on the Upcoming FDA Hearings on GE Foods
7,28 - Protestors Destroy Two Plots of Genetically Engineered Corn in California
June 27th 1999 British ACTION AGAINST Genetically Engineered PRODUCTS
June,24,99 - St. Louis Biodevastation Conference
June 15th, 99 - Mothers for Natural Law has put its petition for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food online at: http://www.safe-food.org/-campaign/petition.html
2nd quarter 1999: Tammy Shea and the Gateway Green Alliance are pushing a ballot initiative that would make the St.Louis suburb of Webster Groves (pop. 30,000) the first community in the United States to go on the record as requesting that the state and/or federal government require labeling of genetically-engineered foods.
May 29th 1999 - Deadline:COMMENTS NEEDED. Biased Panel formed to conduct an urgent study regarding regulation of genetically modified crops containing pesticide genes.
April 22,1999 - Global Days of Action -Seattle GE - protest planned
April 15-30, 1999 - French translation of the Global Days of Action Against Monsanto and Genetic Engineering
December 13,1999 - attend the public hearing and/or rally in Oakland
10,25,99- US Government's Official (Propaganda) Statement on the Upcoming FDA Hearings on GE Foods
2nd quarter 1999: Tammy Shea and the Gateway Green Alliance are pushing a ballot initiative that would make the St.Louis suburb of Webster Groves (pop. 30,000) the first community in the United States to go on the record as requesting that the state and/or federal government require labeling of genetically-engineered foods.
June 15th, 99 - Mothers for Natural Law has put its petition for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food online at: http://www.safe-food.org/-campaign/petition.html
May 29th- Deadline:COMMENTS NEEDED. Biased Panel formed to conduct an urgent study regarding regulation of genetically modified crops containing pesticide genes.
5,20 - Press Coverage of "Biodevastation" 3 Activists Conference in Seattle
May 19-20- Anti-Genetic Engineering Biodevastation 3 Conference in Seattle
Campaign for mandatory labeling and stringent pre-market safety testing of genetically engineered foods and crops as well as overall "consumer-right-to-know" labeling of food and fiber products (listing country of origin, contaminants, mode of production--i.e. conventional, organic, transition to organic, etc.).
May 19-20 1999 - Anti-Genetic Engineering Biodevastation 3 Conference in Seattle
April 22,1999 - Global Days of Action -Seattle GE - protest planned
April 15-30, 1999 - French translation of the Global Days of Action Against Monsanto and Genetic Engineering

1998

Oct. 2-16 1998 - Global Days of Action
October 12, 1998: Activists from 12 Nations Meet in New York to Plot the Downfall of Ag Biotech in the USA
7,28, 1998 - Protestors Destroy Two Plots of Genetically Engineered Corn in California
5,20, 1998 - Press Coverage of "Biodevastation" 3 Activists Conference in Seattle

1997

Greenpeace's GE Report 12/4/97
Global Genetic Engineering Campaign Update 11/14/97
Global Genetic Engineering Campaign Update 10/30/97
Global Genetic Engineering Campaign Update 10/17/97
UK campaigners bare all to expose genetics 'cover-up'
U.K. Farmers and Consumers Say No! to Genetically Manipulated Crops.
Second Global Days of Action Call to action
April 13-27, 1997 - First Global Days of Action Against Biotechnology
May 1st Report
April Press Release for Global Days of Action.
Feb Call To Action .

GE News in North America Top

2002

12/27 - Weed Resistance Threatens Monsanto's GE Crops
12/27 - Biotech Bitterness--Syngenta, UC, and the Schmeiser Case
12/24 - OCA and GEFA Coalition File Legal Petition to Stop Biopharm Crops
12/24 - Organic Farmers Lawsuit Against Monsanto Moves Forward
12/24 - The Three Mile Island of Biotech?
12/23 - Monsanto President Verfaillie Resigns
12/22 - Cargill and Dow's Frankenfleece Clothing--Biotech's New Greenwash
12/22 - Consumer Opposition Puts Monsanto Frankenlettuce on Hold
12/18 - 100 North American Seed Companies Go GE Free
12/16 - Kraft Foods Experiments on You: See the Shocking Movie!
12/15 - Brazil Resisting Pressure to Allow GE Crops
12/15 - Traditional Rice Varieties Far Superior to GE Crops
12/12 - Washington State Bans Frankenfish
12/12 - More Information on Biopharm Contamination in Nebraska
12/12 - FDA Memo Indicates Biopharm Contamination Was Human Drug, Not Pig Vaccine
12/12 - Biopharm Blunder Puts the Bush Gang on the Spot
12/11 - Salmon Farms--Feedlots of the Sea
12/10 - Monsanto Continues to Bully Farmers
12/10 - Pharmaceutical Corn Spurs $3 Million Fine
12/9 - Seed Dealers Helping Monsanto Intimidate Farmers
12/9 - Uproar over Cancer Causing Genes Spliced into Crops
12/7 - More US Threats on EU GMO Moratorium
12/6 - Biotech Industry Resorts to More Dirty Tricks
12/5 - Biotech Trade Group Backs off on Biopharm Safety Pledge
12/3 - GE Pharmageddon--How About an AIDS Drug in Your Corn Flakes?
12/2 - UK Cabinet Minister Denounces US Force Feeding Frankenfoods to the Hungry
12/2 - GE Corn Laced with Pharmaceutical Drug Contaminates Soybean Crop
11/26 - Scientists Plan to Create New Life Form
11/26 - Biopharm Roulette
11/20 - Jose Bove Gets 14 Months in Prison for Destroying Frankencrops
11/20 - Gene Engineers Admit Pig Vaccine Polluted Food Crops
11/18 - Biopharm Company Says It Will Continue Gene-Splicing Drugs into Corn
10/27 - Gene Giants Move to Contamination Strategy
10/1 - Wall Street Covers the Oregon Labeling Initiative
9/30 - GE Fungus Could Wreak Havoc in Environment
9/30 - Consumers Reject GE Tainted Honey
9/28 - Update on the Oregon Battle over the Labeling of GE foods
9/27 -St. Louis Newspaper Predicts Monsanto May Lose on Oregon Labeling
9/26 - Gene Engineers Whine About Consumer Opposition
9/25 - Canadian Farmer Sued By Monsanto
9/25 - USA Today Covers the Frankenpharm Controversy
9/23 -GE Corn Pollution Spawns 30 Lawsuits
9/23 - Monsanto & Allies Spending Millions to Stop Oregon Labeling Initiative3 -
9/22 -Canada Activists Protest at International Biotech Conference
9/21 - Industry Lies on GE Foods Labeling Initiative in Oregon
9/19 -Biotech's Black Market
9/19 - GM Crops Disastrous
9/18 -Chefs Join Campaign Against GE Fish
9/17 - Independent Report Slams The Benefits of GE Crops
9/16 - Biotech Industry is in Trouble
9/15 - Monsanto's Latest Dirty Tricks in the Philippines
9/12 - Frankencrops Have Been a Disaster for US Farmers
9/12 - Monsanto Admits Defeat on Getting New Frankencrops Approvals
9/9 - Commercially Important Pine Genetically Modified
9/9 - Court Rules Against Farmer Percy Schmeiser
9/7 - Movement for Maine Frankencrops Moratorium
9/6 - Supermarkets Worried Over Oregon Labeling Initiative
9/5 - California Won't Formally Ban Transgenic Fish
9/3 - Oregon Labeling Initiative in the News
9/2 - USDA Slams Anti-Biotech Groups as "Irresponsible"
9/1 - US Strong Arm Tactics in Johannesburg Fail
9/1 - Canada Bureaucrats Reject Mandatory Labeling of Frankenfoods
8/30 - USDA Report Admits GE Crops Are Faltering
8/28 - Mexican Scientists Confirm Corn Contamination
8/28 - US Farmers Determined to Block GE Wheat
8/28 - Frankenfish Bills Debated in California Legislature
8/27 - The US Is Force-Feeding Developing Countries with GE foods and Crops
8/25 - US Launches Trade War With Europe over GE Foods
8/24 - Gene Giants Blunder in Field Trials
8/23 - Global Opposition to Gene-Foods Mounts
8/21 - US Scientists Warn of Dangers of GE Animals
8/21 - Beware Americans Bearing (GE) Gifts
8/20 - Consumers Union Issues Warning on GE Animals
8/19 - US Farmers Determined to Block GE Wheat
8/19 - UK Minister Criticizes US Pressure on Frankencrops
8/19 - Britain Denounces US Pressure to Plant GE Crops
8/17 - USDA Ponders Segregation for Frankencrop Exports
8/15 - Scientists Uncover More evidence of GE Superweeds
8/14 - Dr. Michael Hansen on Detecting Likely Allergenicity of GE Foods
8/13 - EPA Warns GE Companies on Gene Pollution Issue
8/12 - Biotech Industry Fears Oregon Labeling Law
8/7 - US Forcing Frankenfoods on Desperate African Nations
8/6 - More on African Debate over GE-Tainted Food Aid
8/6 - USDA Mulls Voluntary Scheme for GE Crop Segregation
8/5 - Corporate Plan to Smash Anti-GE Movement
8/4 - Barbara Kingsolver on Genetic Engineering - new book
8/2 - New Voluntary Rules for Biotech Industry Are Bogus
8/1 - Petition Filed to Ban GE Lawn and Golf Course Grass
8/1 - Is Monsanto Poisoning Consumers with Pesticide Residues
7/31 - US on GE-Tainted Food Aid-"Beggers Can't Be Choosers"
7/31 - Monsanto Bows to Pressure on GE Wheat
7/31 - Global Resistance Forces Monsanto to Drop GE Wheat
7/29 - Federal Court Bans Frankenfish & Antibiotics
7/29 - Scientist Warns of Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food
7/29 - Update on Lobbying Against GE Rice and Wheat
7/27 - Debate Continues on Oregon GE Labeling Initiative
7/24 - Oregon Gears Up for A Food Fight on Labeling Issue
7/23 - Government Ignores Bioterror Hazards of Genetic Engineering
7/21 - Hazards of Gene-Altered DNA in Human Gut Underestimated
7/19 - Frankenfoods in the Human Gut
7/17 - Hawaiian Coffee Growers Calls for GE Moratorium
7/17 - GE Genes Found in Human Gut
7/16 - Shareholders Losing Confidence in Monsanto
7/16 - Secret Biopharms Growing Frankencrops Across the US
7/15 - Kucinich GE Mandatory Food Labeling Bill HR 4814 co-sponsors
7/12 - Native People Denounce BioPiracy of Wild Rice
7/11 - Global Opposition to US/Monsanto Plan for GE Wheat
7/10 - Gov't Coverup of GE Sweetcorn Contamination Rocks NZ
7/10 - GE Labeling Proponents Make History in Oregon
7/10 - New Alarming Report on Hazards of Biopharming
7/6 - GE Pharmaceuticals in Your Grocery Basket?
7/4 - Oregon GE Labeling Initiative Generating Media
7/1 - Chargaff, Pioneer and Critic of Biotech, Dies at Age 96
6/28 - US Food Giants Starting to Question GE Foods
6/28 - Alarming Study on GE Canola Pollution
6/28 - Canada Organic Farmers Lawsuit Against Monsanto Moves Forward
6/27 - GE Labeling Debate Continues in the US
6/26 - New Report on Genetic Pollution of Mexican Corn
6/26 - Monsanto Bribing Wheat Farmers in Upper Midwest
6/26 - GE Food Labeling Initiative in Oregon Has Biotech Industry Worried
6/26 - Canada's Propaganda Campaign for Frankenfoods
6/22 - Update on Frankenfish Bills in California
6/21 - US Threatens EU Once Again on Frankenfoods Issue
6/18 - GE Fish Could Cause Extinction of Wild Species
6/16 - Eating in the Dark-Great New Book on GE Foods
6/14 - US & GE Firms Highjack World Food Summit
6/14 - GE Pharm Drugs in Your Corn Flakes?
6/12 - Monsanto's Profits Take a Dive
6/12 - Testing for Allergens in Frankenfood Inadequate
6/11 - Biotech Allergen Issues not Being Addressed
6/11 - Biojustice Conference Marks Surge in Canadian Activism
6/10 - Bush Officials Reject Labels on GE Products
5/29 - Biotech-The Fake Persuaders
5/19- GE Controversy Hits Mainstream US Grocers
- Survey Finds Deep Polarization over Frankenfoods
5/13 - Agbiotech Company DNAP Bites the Dust
5/9- US Farm Bill Includes $180 Million for Frankenfoods Propaganda
5/3- US Corn Sales to Korea Fall 55% and Japan 6% over GE Issue
4/27- GE Corn Killed Chickens in Previously Undisclosed Study
4/21- International PR Firm Behind Attack on Anti-GE Corn Critics
4/12- Return of The Flavr Savr Tomato
3/25- Washington Post Covers Mexican Corn Crisis
3/21 - GE Wheat Debate in Canada Boiling Over
3/20 - Bizarre Case of Cross-Border 'Super Corn'
3/13- Vermont Votes Against Frankenfoods
3/11- Canadian Parliament Debates Mandatory Labels for GE Foods
3/7- US Food Giants Get Slap on Wrist for Starlink Corn Fiasco
3/6- Consumers Association of Canada Discredited on GE Food Labeling
3/7- Safeway Supermarkets Under Pressure on Frankenfoods Issue
2/28- One Nation People Concerns on Genetically Engineered Food
2/28- MEXICO'S ANCIENT CORN THREATENED BY FAKE SPECIES
2/26- US Corn Dumping in Mexico Threatening the Environment & Killing Family Farms
2/22- GE RICE REJECTED
2/22- Frankenfood Safeguards Inadequate
2/19- GE Wheat Debate Heats Up in Canada
2/5- Anti-Biotech Group Targets Kraft Foods
2/3- GE Grain Shipment Blocked in the Philippines
FEB- Summary of USA Polls on Labeling GE Foods
1/24- Corn Controversy Continues in Mexico
1/20- Vermont Voting on GE Bans & Labeling Across the State
1/10- Farm Bureau Members Say GE Corn & Soy Acreage Will Increase
1/8- Claims of Increasing Global GE Acreage Under Question
1/1/02- AgBiotech Survey Says Global GE Acreage Increased 19%

2001

Consumer's Guide to GM Rice and Other Grains
12/29- Mexicans Angry Over US Dumping GE Corn on Them
12/20- FDA Tries to Intimidate Companies Using GMO-Free Labels
12/18- US Again Threatens EU on Frankenfoods Moratorium
12/18- GE Corn Acreage in US Fell 30% in Last Two Years
12/16- Vermont Towns Begin Voting on Genetically Engineered Foods
12/13- US Farmers Losing Money On Gene-Modified Corn
12/12- Mexican Groups Call for Halt in US Gene-Contaminated Corn Exports
12/6- Mexican Congress Calls for Ban on GE Corn Imports from USA
11/28- Mexican Corn Contaminated with GMO's!
11/14- Trader Joe's Supermarket Chain Goes GE Free After Pressure Campaign by Greenpeace, OCA & Other Groups
10/23- 50% of US Grain Handlers Plan to Segregate GE & Non-GE Grains
10/18-Debate Erupts After Canada Parliament Votes Against GE Food Labels
10/17-Canadian Government Continues to Use Public as Guinea Pigs
10/11- Green Groups to Test Bt Corn for Allergic Reaction
9/27- Food Industry Losing Ground on Frankenfoods Issue
10/5- Canada Minister of Health Wants Mandatory Labels on GE Food
10/2- Genetic Modification Taints Corn in Mexico
Sept. - Dumping of GE Corn in Mexico Threatens Global Corn Varieties
9/21- Critics Say All Bt Crops May Cause Human Health Problems
9/20- Biotech Industry Admits US Consumers Are Leery of GE Foods
9/19 - GE Wheat Debate Heating Up
9/1- US Dumping Genetically Engineered Corn in Mexico
8/30- Biotech Crops On the Way Out?
8/26- Bush Administration Threatens EU on New GE Food Labeling Law
8/24- Frankencrops Pollution Causing Major Crisis in Canada
8/23- Greenpeace Denounces Canada Advisory Report on GE Foods
8/17 - CSPI-Bogus Public Interest Organization-Takes Pro-GE Food Stance
8/13- Tests Find Many Unlabeled GE Foods in British Supermarket
8/8- CBS-60 Minutes II-Covers the Gene-Food Debate
8/7- Protest Outside US Governors' Meeting Discussing GE Foods
8/7- New Salt-Resistant GE Tomatoes Face Farm & Marketplace Rejection
8/2- Americans Turning Against Genetically Engineered Foods
7/31- Canadian Coalition Calls for GE Wheat Ban
7/29- Poll Shows US Churchgoers Oppose Gene-Altered Food
7/16 - Farmers Planting Less GMO Corn
7/13- U.N. Dead Wrong About Engineered Crops
6/27- U.S. Gene-Altered Crops Rejected Overseas
6/22- Five GE Crops Recently Taken off the Market in Canada
6/20- ABC News Poll--Most Americans Believe GE Foods Are Unsafe
6/20- Naomi Klein on GE Thrust to Deny Consumer Choice & Pollute theWorld
6/18- California Winemakers Face Global Boycott If They Grow Frankengrapes
6/15- Quebec Brewery Wins Right to Label Its Beer GE-Free
6/13- Canada's Largest Supermarket Chain Bans GMO-Free Labels
6/6- 93% of Canadians Demand GE Food Labels
6/5- GE Beer Controversy Erupts in Canada
5/31- Controversy Erupts in California Over Genetically Engineered Wine
5/29- Colorado & Other States Debate GE Food Labeling
5/27- Denver Ballot Initiative Heightens GE Foods
5/23- Food Industry Opposes Mandatory GE Labels in Massachusetts
5/17- US Sugar Giants Ban GE Sugar Beets
5/4- Massive US Government Subsidies for GE Soybeans
5/3- US & Canada Again Derail Global Rules for GE Food Labeling
5/3- Canada Scientists Warn of Contamination by Bio-Pharm Crops
4/28- Seed Industry Warns Corn Growers on GE-Free Claim
4/26- Food Companies Oppose GE Sugar Beets
4/8- Genetic Drift Threatens US Organic Farmers
4/5- British Columbia Proposes Mandatory GE Food Labels
4/5- Leading Natural Food Brands Test Positive for GE Contamination
3/31- US Farmers Still Planting Frankencrops
3/29- US Agribusiness Fights Mexico Mandatory Labels for GE Foods
3/26- Three-Fourths of Americans Want to Know if They Are Eating Frankenfoods
3/20 - American Farmers Are Getting Angry over GE Crops
3,19 - Farmers Building Up Concerns About GE Crops
3,17 - The first Genetically Modified Insects are Scheduled for Release
3,14 - Irish Doctors Worry About GE Soy Allergies in Children & Other Hazards
3,13 - CBS News and 60 Minutes II cover the GE Controversy
3,12 - Biotech--Basics
3,12 - Terminator and Traitor seed patents are still being granted
3,8 - 2,000 Women Protest Genetically Engineered Foods
2,6 - GE Canola Superweeds Spread Across Canada
2,5 - Nebraska Farmers Sue Aventis on StarLink Contamination
1,11 - Gene-Altered Cotton Producing Sub-Standard Fibers
1,2 - Gene-Altered Frankenfish Coming to Market

2000 Top

-RAFI-Summary of Year 2000 Biotech Blunders
12,21 - Global Acreage of GE Crops Starts to Fall--RAFI
12,18 - EU/US Panel Calls for Mandatory Labeling of GE Foods
12,18 - San Francisco Passes Anti-GE Food Resolution
12,14 - USA Today on the New Wave of Frankenfoods
11,21 - Farmers Pressing State Attorneys General to Stop Frankencrops Onslaught
12,11 - Corn Industry Disrupted by StarLink Controversy
Dec - Canada's Farmers Call for Moratorium on GE Food & Crops
12,5 - GEFA Coalition Reports on Latest StarLink Corn Report
12,5 - EPA is Backed into a Corner on StarLink/Allergy Issue
11,30 - Religious Leaders Finally Questioning Gene-Altered Foods
11,28 - ABC National News on Continuing StarLink Corn Scandal
11,28 - 44 Americans Claim StarLink Corn Made Them Ill
11,27 - USDA Tries to Coopt Consumer Demand for Mandatory Labels on GE Food
11,22 - More StarLink Corn Contamination Found--Overseas Markets React
11,14 - StarLink Controversy Destroys US Corn Export Market
11, 3 - Majority in US "Concerned" About Frankenfoods--One Third Say Ban Them
11, 1- StarLink Recall Climb to 300 Different Items
Nov - Business Week Scolds Biotech Industry
10,27 - Nader Calls for a Moratorium on GE Foods & Crops
10,27 - US Approves Dumping StarLink Corn Overseas
10,25 - StarLink Corn Scandal Continues to Spread
10,25 - OCA & GEFA Coalition Expose Another Brand-Name Product, Western Family Taco Shells, Contain Illegal Bt Corn
10,22 - StarLink Scandal Reveals EPA's Dangerous Deregulation of GE Crops
10,21 - Kellogg and Food Giants Panic As Gene-Altered Corn Scandal Spreads
10,19 - Illegal GE Corn is Widespread in US Food Chain
10,14 - StarLink Recall Causes Food Industry to Fight Among Themselves
10,17 - Farmers Angry in Wake of StarLink Recall
10,13 - OCA & Its Coalition GEFA Will Keep Testing for Illlegal Bt Corn
10,11 - GE Testing Lab Highlighted in New York Times
10,14 - Widespread Contamination of our food Supply - Massive recall is now underway
10,12-Safeway Recalls Taco Shells
9,27- Aventis Failed to Tell US Farmers to Segregate Illegal GE Corn
10,11- Safeway Taco Shells Contain Illegal, Likely Allergenic Variety of Bt Corn
10,3- Federal Court Says It's OK That FDA Hasn't Been Testing or Labeling GE Foods
9,29- Cargill Moves to Begin Segregating and Selling Non-GE Grains
9,25- Wall Street on the Taco Bell Scandal
9,27 - Taco Bell Scandal Continues--GE Seed Co. Suspends Sales of StarLink Corn
9,26- Gore & Bush Ignore GE Food Controversy
9,22- Kraft Calls for Recall of its Genetically Engineered Corn Taco Shells
9,18 - GE Food Alert Coalition Press Release on Kraft/Taco Bell GE Corn Scandal
Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells
Bush, Gore, and Nader on Frankenfoods
9,8 - Lies & Deception--Straight from the Mouth of USDA Chief Dan Glickman and Other Biotech Apologists
9,2 - California Bill on GE Rice Segregation Threatens GE Industry
8,30 - OCA Anti-GE Resolution Passes Minneapolis City Council Biotech Industry Complains
8,20 - Boulder, Colorado Bans GE Crops on City Land
8,21 - Alaska & Western States Ponder GE Frankenfish Ban
8,22 - Despite Industry Denials New Monarch Butterfly Study Shows Lethal Effects of GE Corn
8,9 - Corn Chip Giant Frito-Lay Searching for Non-GE Cooking Oil
8,9 - Al Gore's Mealy-Mouth Position on Genetically Engineeered Food
7,31 - US Threatens WTO Reprisals over EU Labels on GE Food
Aug link Biotechnology - the answer to everything
7,20 - GE Fish: A Threat Disguised as a Solution to World Hunger
7,6 - The Emerging Scientific Debate on Frankenfish
7,19 - OCA & National Coalition Protest in 20 Cities Against GE Foods & Crops
7,2 - USA Prepares To Spray Genetically-Modified Herbicides On Colombians
6,20: Civil Society Denounces the GE Golden Rice Deal
6,6: US Food Giant ConAgra Prepares for a GE-Free Future
Big Isle papaya crops tainted
Leading US Food Giants Fear Mounting Consumer Opposition toFrankenfoods
6,13 - Majority of US Consumers Oppose Frankenfoods
6,10 - New Global Survey Finds Growing Opposition to GE Foods
6,12 - Frankenfoods in Your Shopping Cart--Biotech Industry Propaganda for What's Already Out There
May 25, 2000 - Biotech Opposition Finding Fertile Ground in USA
March 22, 2000 -Biotech Regulation Under Fire in the USA
May 3, 2000: OCA & Center for Food Safety Denounce FDA's New Guidelines for Regulating GE Food
April 27, 2000: USDA Predicts 25% Drop in GE Corn Harvest
April 18, 2000: Grocery Store Chain in Eastern US Announces Plans to Eliminate or Label GE Foods
April 14, 2000: OCA & Our Allies are Attacked in the Right-Wing Press--We Must be Doing Something Right
April 5, 2000: OCA & National GE Moratorium Coalition Protest Scientific "Whitewash" of Dangers of GE Foods
April 2, 2000: A Dozen States Introduce Bills to Regulate GE Foods
3,27, 2000: Boston Globe & AP stories on the Biodevastation March in Boston
March 14, 2000:- New York Times Dismisses GE Opponents as Luddites
March 10, 2000: Mandatory Safety Testing Bill for GE Foods Introduced in US Congress
March 10, 2000: America's Top Restaurants Shun Frankenfoods
March 9, 2000: Poll finds 86% of Americans want Gene-Free Food labeled.
Boston Resolution Against Genetically Engineered Foods.
Feb. 25, 2000: Minnesota Mandatory Labeling Bill
Feb. 17, 2000: Minnesota made history last week by introducing the first legislation in the country calling for a moratorium on 5 GE crops!
Feb. 8, 2000: Sen. Barbara Boxer Introduces Bill for Mandatory Labeling of GE Foods in US Senate
Jan. 22, 2000: Protests at the Montreal Biosafety Conference Call for GE Ban
Jan 21, 2000: US Agrees on Limited Labels for GE Food Exports to the EU
Jan 19, 2000: Greenpeace Wins First Round in EPA Lawsuit to Ban Bt Crops
Jan. 21, 2000: USDA Secretary Names Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology
Jan 10, 2000: Bradley & Gore Talk About Their Positions on Frankenfoods
Jan 13, 2000: USA Today: Increasing Debate Over Gene-Foods in the US
Jan 16, 2000: EPA Places Restrictions on Planting of GE Corn
Jan 12, 2000: Anti-GE Lawsuit Against FDA Has Clinton Administration Worried
Jan 13, 2000: Poll Shows US Farmers Will Plant Up to 26% Less GE Crops This Year

1999Top

December 30, 1999: Two US Natural Food Supermarket Chains Announce They Are Going "GE Free"
Dec. 20, 1999: New York Times Says AgBiotech Has Been Harmed But Will Regain Momentum
Dec. 22, 1999: Mandatory Labeling Bill for GE Foods in California
Dec. 12, 1999: New York Times: The Gene Foods Debate Comes to the USA "What Took So Long?"
11,23 - US Family Farm Groups Warn Against Planting GE Crops
11,19 - Wall Street Predicts a Major Drop in GE Crops for Next Year
11,15 - Big Money in Washington Opposes Labeling & Safety-Testing of GE Foods
11,10 -Biotech Industry Complains as Congressional Bill is Introduced for Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
11,5 - 49 Members of the US Congress Send Letter to FDA Demanding Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods
10,18 FDA Will Hold Public Hearings on GE Foods to Try to Head Off Controversy in the USA
9,29 - Ohio Congressman to Introduce Mandatory Labeling Bill for GE Foods
10,7 - Wall Street Predicts a Major Upheaval over Genetically Engineered Foods in the USA
10,5 - Biotech in the USA Under Attack from All Sides--Los Angeles Times
9,28 - Biotech Companies Gear Up to Defeat Anti-GE Coalition in the USA
9,22 - US Organization of Chefs Reject GE Frankenfoods
9,24 - US Trade Official Denies Rumors that Clinton Administration is Considering a Proposal to Label GE Foods
9,22 - Monsanto Braces for Increasing Opposition to Ag Biotech in the USA
9,12 - US Grain Farmers Are in a Panic About GE Crops as Harvest Season Approaches
9,8 - US Biotech Industry Still Refuses to Label or Safety-Test--Despite Increasing Consumer Concerns-New York Times
9,2 - Under Pressure American Medical Association Announces it Will Revise its Policy on Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods
8,15 - Biotech Food Raises a Crop of Questions
8,18 - Sierra Club Biotechnology Task Force Chair
8,15 - Giant US Food Corporations & Biotech Industry Are Terrified of Mandatory Labels on GE Food
7,27 - US Gov't Plans to Spray Controversial GE Fungus to Stop Marijuana Cultivation
7,20 - The USDA: Pretending to Listen to Consumers, While Backing GE 100%
7,11 - SF Chronicle on Mounting Concern Over Gene-Foods in the USA
6,24 - Update on US Lawsuit Against the FDA Regarding Labeling & Safety-Testing of GE Foods
6,18 - US FDA Comes Under Increasing Pressure for its "No Labeling" Position on GE Foods
6,17 - Mass Petition for GE Food Labeling Submitted to US Congress
6,16 - As GE Debate Intensifies US Government Likely to Support Bogus "Voluntary Labeling" to Co-opt Dissent
6,7 - Jeremy Rifkin on Dangers of GE Food
6,6 - Interview with USDA Secretary Glickman on the GE Controversy
5,30 - US Government & Biotech Industry Finally Acknowledge that the GE Food Debate is Getting Serious
5,29 - Call for "Seed Sovereignty" ban on Terminator Patents
5,23 - More GE Crops Planted in USA--But Farmers Are Starting to Worry
5,23 - White House Tries to Figure Out Labeling Scheme to Coopt Resistance to GE Foods
5,23 - Religious Leaders Join Federal Lawsuit to Require Labeling & Safety-Testing of GE foods
4,24 - Biotech Food Protests Reflect Cultural Contrasts, Health Fears
3,15 - Iowa and other US Farmers Worried Over Increasing Global Opposition to GE Foods
3,3 - US Complains About EU Resistance to US GE Exports
3,21 - US Grain Farmers Finally Wake Up to Threat of EU Boycott of GE Crop
2,25 - The Spud America didn't like: The New Statesman (U.K.)
2,20 - Why Americans are Swallowing Genetically Altered Food
1,27 - Insurance Industry Refuses to Insure "Unpredictable Risks" of Genetic Engineering
2,4 - US Organic Corn Chips Exported to Britain Are Found to Be Contaminated by Genetic Engineered Corn

1998

12,09, 1998 - Chefs Join Effort to Label Engineered Food
11,24, 1998 - More than just `Frankenfood' Concern lingers over promise of `supercrops'
11,01, 1998 - Critics Vilify New Seed Technology that Monsanto May Soon Control
10,12 - GE maize contaminates conventional crop
9,08 - Clinton Pressured U.K. Prime Minister Blair on GE Foods
9,14 - Greenpeace returns transgenic maize to Novartis
9,06 - Insurance companies fear because of genetic engineering.
8,10 - Mutant GE Potatoes Pose Health Hazards
5,27 - Coalition Files Lawsuit Against U.S. to Force Labels on Genetically Engineered Food
5,28 - Terminator Seed Sparks Controversy
5,24 - Consumers Union press release on Codex mtg. "Label GE Food"
4,02 - Rifkin Files Human-Chimp Chimaera Patent
11, 19, 1997 - Monsanto's RR Cotton Bombs
10, 7, 1997 - Another Biotech Disaster: Roundup Ready Cotton Fails
July 28, '97 EU Backs off on Demanding that US Segregate Geneticically Engineered Crops (Wall Street Journal)
July 13, '97 CNN IMPACT Program clearly biased pro-biotech segment transcript.
June 26, '97 Greenpeace Exposes Biotech Industry PR Campaign
LINK May, 97 Major Recall by Monsanto of a genetically engineered canola seed. (St. Louis POST-DISPATCH)
Apr 24, 97 Trade Unions Call for Ban on Gene-Altered Foods
Apr 21, 97 FDA - Monsanto Revolving Door.
Apr 14, 97 Prof. George Wald Nobel Laureate, Dies at 90, one of first to speak on dangers of genetic engineering.
Apr 9, 97 Codex Alimentarius Hijacked by Biotech Industry

Europe News

2002

12/27 - Scottish Scientists Call for GE Food Ban
12/9 - More US Threats on EU GMO Moratorium
12/6 - EU Consumers Win Victory in Strict Labeling Law on GE Food
12/2 - UK Cabinet Minister Denounces US Force Feeding Frankenfoods to the Hungry
11/26 - British Medical Association Attacks GE Crops
10/14 - Europeans Demand Ban on GE Contaminated Seeds
9/25 - UN Has Been Slipping Frankenfood into Food Aid Shipments for 7 Years
9/25 - Jose Bove Trial in France Heats Up GE Debate
9/15 - Campaign Against GE-Tainted Honey in the UK
9/5 - EU Says No to Gene Engineered Fish & Animals
8/30 - Why African Leaders Don't want U.S. GE Foods
8/29 - California Backs off on Frankenfish Ban
8/28 - US Farmers Determined to Block GE Wheat
8/27 - The US Is Force-Feeding Developing Countries with GE foods and Crops
8/25 - US Launches Trade War With Europe over GE Foods
8/23 - Global Opposition to Gene-Foods Mounts
8/20 - Monsanto Admits Defeats in EU and Brazil
8/20 - Britain Denounces US Pressure to Plant GE Crops
8/19 - UK Minister Criticizes US Pressure on Frankencrops
8/16 - Another Biotech Blunder in the UK
8/7 - GE Corn Scandal in Italy
7/18 - Shaw's Supermarkets Face Anti-GE Pressure in New England
7/15 - Wheat Industry Worried Over EU Labeling Regulations
7/3 - EU Parliament Takes Strong Stand on Frankenfoods
7/2 - EU Labeling Debate at Fever Pitch
6/22 - British Governement Admits Mishandling of Arpad Pusztai Incident
6/14 - US & GE Firms Highjack World Food Summit
6/13 - World Food Summit Denounced as a Sham
6/7 - EU Moving to Stricter Labels on Frankenfoods
5/19- UK Ponders Crackdown on Frankenfoods Dissent
Apr.- GM seed contamination in EU spreads
3/15- Genetic Pollution Debate Heats Up
3/15- Wales Stays GE Free
3/2- British Debate on GE Crops Continues
2/14- Greenpeace Shuts Down Spain's Largest Soy Importer
2/6- FRANKENFOODS The truth at last
2/4- UK Royal Society Says More GMO Testing Needed
1/31- London Admits "Loss of Credibility" on GE Foods Issue
1/30 - French Say More Safety Testing Needed on GE Foods & Crops
1/25- EU Bureaucrats Back off on Lifting GMO Moratorium
1/19- Pressure Forces UK to Restrict Field Tests of GE Crops
1/6- UK Supermarkets Reject GE Foods
1/4 - USDA and German Green Party Debate Frankenfoods in UK Archive

2001

12/15 - Environmentalists Urge UK to Keep Northern Ireland GE Free
Nov- Belgium: First firm regulation, only then can the moratorium be lifted
11/10- Biotech Industry Losing Hope on Lifting Europe's GE Food Moratorium
10/8- Conflict Continues Between US & EU Over GE Food Labeling & Crop Segregation
10/7 - US Pressures EU to Force Frankenfoods on Consumers
9/23- French Battle Against Frankenfoods and Industrial Junk Food
9/20- 80% of EU Consumers Want Labels on Meat From Animals Fed GE
8/22- Furor over GE Crop Test Sites in Scotland
8/21- Novartis Breaks Pledge of No GMOs in Gerber Baby Food
8/14- French Farmers Threaten to Pull Up All GE Crops
8/3- EU Ponders Buffer Zone Rule That Could Kill Off GE Crops
7/26- Green Groups in EU Criticize New GE Food Labeling Rules
7/28- Detailed Description on New GMO Labeling Rules in EU
7/25- EU Passes Rules on Labeling Genetically Engineered Foods
7/2- New Codex Rules Will Require Slightly More US Regulation of GE Foods
6/27- French Goverment Offers Subsidy for GE-Free Animal Feed
6/20- Swiss Bureaucrats Nix GE Moratorium
June- Jose Bove--The New Leader of the Global Food Revolt
6/13- US Corn Growers Worry About Continued EU Resistance to Frankenfoods
5/30- EU Demand for GE Free Animal Feed Soars
6/1- US Frantically Pressures EU Bureaucrats on GE Food Labeling Rules
5/26- Three GE Crop Field Plots Sabotaged in Belgium
5/23- UK Gov't to Fund Feeding Tests of GE Foods to Humans
5/20- GE Debate Provokes Political Crisis in the UK
5/15- Frankenfoods Debate in the UK Rages On
5/13- UK Considers Law to Punish Agbiotech Polluters
5/11- US Tries to Impede EU Labeling on GE Foods
May- Non-GE Canola (Rapeseed) Will Replace GE Varieties in EU
5/6- GE Test Site Near Organic Seed Center Sparks Furor in UK
5/4- More GE Seed Contamination Found in EU
4/11- EU Labeling Laws Threaten Future of Biotech Foods
3/30- Italians Hunt Illegal GM Seed
3/26- Major Company Postpones Planting GE Rice Because of Consumer Pressure
3,5 - Countries & Regions With GE Food/Crop Bans
2,14 - Europe OKs New Biotech Food Rules
2,8 - Frenchman Bove on Trial for Destroying Genetic Rice
2,14 - New EU Frankenfoods Regulations Criticized - Six Nations to Continue Moratorium
2,2 - EU Warns US Not to Export Genetically Engineered Wheat
1,26 - Beginning of the End for Genetically Engineered Foods in Britain
1,26 - Asda (Wal-Mart UK) and other British Supermarkets Ban GE Animal Feed

2000Top

12,18 - Potatoes with Jellyfish Gene Glow When Thirsty
11,14 - McDonald's Bans GE Feed in its Chicken Products in Europe
11,15 - Aventis to Dump AgBiotech in Wake of StarLink Corn Scandal
11,12 - Pope Warns of Risks of Genetically Engineered Food
11,6 - Illegal Varieties of Monsanto GE Corn Found in Europe
10,21 - Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Turn into Superweeds
10,11 - Mandatory Segregation of GM Crops in U.S. Seen as Prerequisite to New EU Approvals
10,7-UK Science Journal: Taco Bell Scandal A Warning of a Future Catastrophe?
10,5 - Livestock for primary meat production is now reared on a non-GM diet.
9,24- GE Feed Ban by EU Grocers Threatens US Grain Exports
9,22 -Novartis withdraws "functional" food product from the UK market
8,7 - Greece & France Order Destruction of Genetically Engineered Cotton
8,3 - Biotech Giant Novartis Bans GE Ingredients from Its Brand-Name Food Products
7,30 - Scotland Officials Ban GE Ingredients in School Lunches
7,13 - EU Bureaucrats, Under US Pressure, May Lift GE Ban
7,10 - Junk Food Companies & Farmers Worried Over Consumer Rebellion Against GE Sugar
May 25, 2000:Mass Protests Against Frankenfoods in Italy
May 18, 2000: GE Rapeseed Scandal Rocks Europe
February 16, 2000: Germany Bans Genetically Engineered Corn
Jan. 22, 2000: Protests at the Montreal Biosafety Conference call for GE ban
1,21 - US Agrees on Limited Labels for GE Food Exports to the EU

1999Top

December 20, 1999: UK Supermarket Chains Ban Meat from Animals Fed GE Feed
December 1999: Overview of EU Fight Against Frankenfoods: 1996-99
November 1, 1999: Britain's Scientific Elite Continue to Try to Suppress Dr. Pusztai's Research on Dangers of GE Foods
August 21, 1999: - Deutsche Bank Analysts Predict that the Public and Investors Will Reject Agricultural Biotechnology
June 24, 1999: EU to Impose Moratorium on GE Foods
June 7, 1999: The Fires Burn in Europe: Taking Stock of US Policy in the World Trade Organization
June 3, 1999: UK Food Giants Ban Meat from Animals Fed GE Feed
June 10, 1999: Entire British Food Industry Bans GE "Frankenfoods"
5,18 - British Medical Association Warns of Health Hazards of GE Foods
5,2 - UK Newspaper Reports "Beginning of the End" of GE Foods in Britain
April - Current Legal Situation in the EU Regarding Planting & Importation of GE Crops
3,29 - UK Direct Action Protestors Found "Not Guilty" in Trial for Pulling Up Genetically Engineered Crops
3,16 - French Environmental Groups Call for GE Food Moratorium
3,19 - "Meltdown" of GE Foods in Europe
3,22 - EU Supermarket Chains Unite to Buy GE-Free Foods
Calling for an EU Moratorium on GE "Frankenfoods"
2,19 - Greenpeace Dumps 4 tons of GE soya at U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair's Office
2,21 - Prince Charles Squares off Against Tony Blair on GE Foods
2,4 - US Organic Corn Chips Exported to Britain Are Found to Be Contaminated by Genetic Engineered Corn
2,5 - France's Largest Supermarket Chain Bans Genetically Engineered Foods
1,22, 1999 - UK House of Lords Support Frankenfoods

1998

December 1998 - Prince of Wales Speaks Out on Frankenfoods
11,23, 1998 - London Financial Times and WSJ on EU Opposition to Monsanto & GE Foods
10,17 - Mounting Controversy Threatens GE Food Sector in EU
10,12 - EU Legislators Call for GE Moratorium
10,09 - UK could ban genetic crops for three years
9,29 - Printers pulp Monsanto edition of Ecologist
9,08 - Clinton Pressured U.K. Prime Minister Blair on GE Foods
8,31 - Greenpeace says: EU's GE-label fools consumers
9,01 - Recent polls show that Europeans Reject Mutant Foods
8,05 - Genetic Resisters Strike Again in U.K.
7,20 - Bucking U.S. Trend, Europe Blocks Gene-Altered Food
5,18 - EU GE Labeling lies to consumers
5,28 - EU Adopts Mandatory Labeling for Gene-Altered Soy & Corn
3,21 - Brits Oppose GE Sugar
Oct. 9, 1997 GE - Poll Finds Europeans Mistrust State And Science.
Oct, 8 - Sabotage of genetic beet crop in Ireland praised.
July 28, '97 EU Backs off on Demanding that US Segregate Geneticically Engineered Crops (Wall Street Journal)
Apr 15, 97 Austria Petition urges genetic food ban
July 25, '97 European Commission guidelines on the labeling of products produced from genetically modified organisms (PRNewswire)
June 18, '97 EU Commission Press Release on GMO Labeling
Apr 22, 97 Greenpeace News from Germany.
Apr 10, 97 Luc Guyau new French president of the EU farmers' organisation says ...
Apr 10, 97 Austria Urges National Ban On Gene-Modified Maize.
Apr 9, 97 Codex Alimentarius Hijacked by Biotech Industry.
Apr 7, 97 European Greenpeace GE campaign
Apr 8, 97 Greenpeace Dumps Grain at U.S. Embassy in Vienna.
Apr 8, 97 Genetic Corn Rejected by Euro Parliament.

World News

2002

12/16 - Brazil Resisting Pressure to Allow GE Crops
12/12 - More on Japan's Rejection of Monsanto's GE Rice
12/12 - China May Export GE-Free Corn to Brazil
12/12 - Scottish Doctor Warns Common GE Viral Promoter Can Increase Cancer Risks
12/12 - Major Blow to Monsanto--Japan Backs off on GE Rice
12/10 - Australia Pressured by Market to Ban Frankencrops
12/9 - Industry's Fake Parade Supporting Frankencrops at Earth Summit
11/26 - GE Soybeans Are Destroying Argentina's Agriculture
11/20 - Thousands March Against GE Crops in New Zealand
10/24 - China GE Crop Ban Alarms Biotech Industry
10/18 - Concern Over GE Spreads to South Africa
9/30 -Australia GE Debate Coming to a Head
9/27 - Bt Cotton is Failing in India
9/25 - Korea Debate over GE Imports
9/12 - More on the African Frankenfoods/Food Aid Debate
9/6 -Bt Cotton Failing in India
9/1 - Indian Farmers Denounce Failure of GE Cotton Crop
8/30 - Why African Leaders Don't want GE Foods
8/28 - Mexican Scientists Confirm Corn Contamination
8/23 - Global Opposition to Gene-Foods Mounts
8/22 - Zambia Holds Firm on Rejected Ge-Tainted Food Aid
8/21 - Beware Americans Bearing (GE) Gifts
8/20 - Mexican Study Validates GE Corn Contamination
8/20 - Monsanto Admits Defeats in EU and Brazil
8/15 - GM Virus Targets Specific Mammals
8/13 - Mexico to Lift Moratorium on Genetically Engineered Crops
8/12 - More on GE-Tainted Food Aid Debate in Africa
8/6 - Debate over GE-Tainted Food Aid Rages in Africa
7/22 - Genetic Engineering #1 Political Issue in New Zealand
6/16 - Got Silk? GE Goats Turned into Factories
6/12 - Guatemalans Slam UN for Sending GE Corn as Food Aid
6/10 - Banned StarLink Corn Found in Food Aid Shipments to Bolivia
6/8 - Protesters Hold March in Rome
6/5- Nicaraguans Complain About GE-Tainted Food Aid
6/2- Zimbabwe Rejects GE-Tainted US Food Aid
May- New GE Chicken Has No Feathers
5/4- Chinese Consumers Want GE Food Labeled
5/1- GE Food Issue Growing in China
4/17- Battle Over GE Soy Heats Up in Brazil
3/22- GE Debate is Heated in New Zealand
3/12- Frankenfoods Debate Heats Up in Brazil
3/7- China Apparently Backing off on GMO Issue After US Pressure
2/282/28- GE Chickens in China
2/14- City Councils Across Australia Banning GE Crops
US Losing A Billion Dollars in Soy Sales to China Over GE
2/12 - - New GE Rules in China Threaten Canada's Canola Exports
2/7- US Conflict with China over GMOs
1/31- Thailand Bans Import of GE Crops
1/28 - US Sends Afghanistan Tons of GE Seeds
1/23- China's Imports of GE Soybeans Likely to Decrease
1/22- Biotech Industry Worried As China Moves to Restrict GE Imports
1/21- US Pressuring Korea to Lift Restrictions on GE Food Imports
1/19- Battered Gene Giants Seek to Conquer Asia
1/10- China's New Labeling & Safety Rules on GE Crops Worry US Exporters

2001

12/27- Chile's Organic Farmers Win Legal Battle on Frankencrops
12/21- Brazil's GE-Free Corn Finds Eager Buyers Overseas
12/11- Australian Companies Shifting to Non-GE As Labeling Laws Come Into Effect
12/11- Australian Consumers Opt for Foods Labeled "Non-GMO"
- US Shipping Unwanted GE Grains As "Food Aid" to Latin America
11/20- Religious Leaders in Philippines Mobilize Against GE Crops
11/4- Indonesians Demand GMO Labeling
10/31- GE Field Trials in New Zealand Produce Backlash from Indigenous Groups
9/25- Debate over GE Crops Continues in Thailand
9/25- Japan Shuts the Door on GE-Tainted US Corn
9/21- Africans Worried US To Force Unlabeled GE Foods on Them
8/31- Biotech Bullies Force Sri Lanka to Back Off on Frankenfoods Ban
8/31- GE Crops Expand in China
8/30- Philippines Consider GE Crop Ban
8/21- Despite Public Opposition New Zealand May Go Forward on Agbiotech
8/20- Courts Continue Ban on GE Soybeans in Brazil
8/8- Brazil Ag Minister Having Second Thoughts on Frankencrops
7/26- Brazil Ag Ministry Threatens to Approve GE Soybeans
7/31- GE Food Debate Heats Up in New Zealand
7/26- Wall Street on the Future of Agbiotech in China
6/27- AUSTRALIA: US farm leader tells Australia to avoid GM crops
6/22- Japan Recalls More Food After GE Potato Contamination
6/16- Australian Farmers Turning Against Frankencrops
6/14- Argentina Still Bullish on Frankencrops
6/14- Market Pressure Against GE Crops Mounts in Asia & Pacific
6/8- Biotech Industry Worried Over China's New GE Policy
6/7- India's Imported Food Contains Illegal GE Ingredients
5/29- Greenpeace Barricades Nestle in China to Stop GE Contamination
5/25- Japan Recalls Snack Food Tainted by GE
5/23- Citizens' Jury in Brazil Says No to GE Seeds
5/21- India Moves to Supply GE-Free Soybeans to the EU
- US Dumping GE Soy & Corn As "Food Aid" for Latin America
5/15- Ecuador Tells US--No Frankenfoods in Food Aid Shipments
5/10- US Threatens WTO Sanctions Over Sri Lanka Gene-Foods Ban
4/23- Japanese Adamantly Oppose GE Wheat
4/19- Australia Pests Develop Resistance to Bt Cotton
4/18- Press Reports China Has Banned Most GE Crops
4/13- Sri Lanka Announces Frankenfoods Ban
4/6- Cancer-Causing Dioxin in the Food Chain--Industry & Government Coverup
3/28 - Japan's New Rules on GE Food Labeling Will Slow Corn Imports from USA
3,8 - 2,000 Women Protest Genetically Engineered Foods
3,5 - Countries & Regions With GE Food/Crop Bans
2,23 - Genetically Engineered Cotton Fails in Indonesia
2,14- Korea Bans US Corn Shipments in Wake of StarLink Scandal
1,30 - Bosnia Rejects US Corn Aid Shipment Tainted by GE
1,23 - Canadian Government Approves Monsanto's GE Potatoes Despite "Extremely Poor" Field Tests
1,16 - More StarLink Problems in Japan
1, 3 - India Farmers Again Burn Genetically Engineered Cotton Fields

2000 Top

12,30 - Egypt Rat Study Shows Intenstinal Damage from Bt-Spliced Food
10,30 - Gene Giants Try to Push into Asia
10,24 - Japan Rejects Cargo of StarLink-Tainted Corn
10,18 - Taiwan Puts Brakes on GE Food Imports
9,17 - Thai and Asian Farmers Rally Against Frankenfoods
9,1 - Intense Battle Over GE Food Labeling in Australia and New Zealand
8,15 - Poll Shows 95% of Canadians Want GE Food Labels
8,7 - Mandatory Labels for GE Foods in Australia and New Zealand Next Year
7,28 - Agreement reached on GM food labelling in Australia
7, 24 - Mounting Opposition in Asia & Pacific Region to GE Food
7,7 - Brazil Remains Firm on Ban of GE Crops
6,15 Genetically Engineered Superweeds Emerge in Canada
6,2 - Leading African Scientists Denounce GE Foods and Crops
March 31, 2000: Frankenfoods Debate Intensifies in Canada
March 6, 2000: Japanese Plans to Test Grain Imports for GE Contamination Panic American Grain Exporters
Jan. 22, 2000: Protests at the Montreal Biosafety Conference Call for GE Ban
1,29 - US Loses Battle Over GE Foods in Montreal--Frankenfoods Will Begin to Be Regulated in Global Commerce

1999Top

December 23, 1999: Japan May Implement Moratorium of GE Foods & Require Pre-Market Safety-Testing
October 12, 1999: The GE Debate Heats Up in Mexico
October 18, 1999: Thailand to Ban GE Seed Imports after Mysterious Shipment of GE Wheat from the US Arrives in that Country
October 14, 1999: Global Consumer Pressure Keeps Australia from Producing GE Crops
9,1 - Japan's Largest Soybean Company Bans GE Soybeans
8,23 - Japanese Labels for GE Foods Will Slow Down Ag Biotech in the USA
9.1 - Consumer Pressure for GE Food Labels Threatens US Exports to Asia & Pacific Region
7,30 - Japanese Government Drafts Law for Partial Labeling of GE Foods
6,24 - Japan Suspends Approval of Bt Crops
June 14, 1999: Report on Anti-GE Activism in Japan
June - Heated Battle Over GE Soybeans in Brazil
March 16, 1999: New Zealand & Korean Activists Take Direct Action Against GE Crops

1998

12,18, 1998 - Australia: All transgenic food to be labelled
November 23, 1998: Monsanto under siege in India
September 7, 1998: Opposition to GE Crops Mounts in Latin America
July 15, 1998: Indian Government on Alert for Terminator Gene
July 17, '97 USDA Alarmed by Egyptian Rejection of Genetically Engineered Crops (Reuters)

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