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 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

FSA plans review of unauthorised GM rice (Food Production Daily/ 11/08)

Italian campaign plans mass "vote" against GM food (Reuters Health/ 10/03)

CONNER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO IMPROVE QUALITY COMPLIANCE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PRODUCTS (FSIS/USDA/ 9/20)

Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the Seventh Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods Derived From Biotechnology (USDA/FSIS/ 8/09)

New study finds genetically engineered crops could play a role in sustainable agriculture (EurekAlert!/ 6/07)

Rutgers: GM/GMO/Biotech crop containment strategy (EurekAlert!/ 6/06)

Go-ahead given for GM trial site (BBC News/ 5/14)

GM Food Debate Heats up with Global Warming (Newswise/ 5/10)

Farming 'needs GM-style reviews' (BBC News/ 5/03)

EFSA seeks cloned animal studies (Food Production Daily/ 5/02)

Hundreds of Scientists Endorse U.S. FDA Risk Assessment on Livestock Cloning (Federation of Animal Science Societies/ 5/02)

Unauthorised GM in rice protein for animal feed (Food Standards Agency/ 4/26)

Gaining ground - Debating the growing impact of GM agriculture (ECOS/pdf/ 3/30)

Corn borer epidemic spurs GM growth in France (Food Production Daily/ 3/30)

EFSAs GM maize assessment to take several weeks (Food Production Daily/ 3/26)

Anti-hay fever GMO rice may win over Japanese doubts (Reuters Health/ 3/23)

EU Commission report on GM Regulation published (Food Standards Agency/ 3/21)

France adopts disputed EU laws on GMO crop growing (Reuters Health/ 3/20)

Nigeria: 'Hybrid Rice Can't Cure Diarrhea' (allAfrica.com/ 3/20)

Rise and shine: the GM wake-up call (Food Production Daily/ 3/19)

When Organic Isn't Really Organic (Time.com /3/14)

Serious concerns raised over Monsanto GM maize variety (Food Production Daily / 3/14)

Cloning safety to be investigated (MeatNews.com /3/09)

EU agency asked to rule on cloned meat and milk (Reuters Health / 3/08)

EU to look at cloned meat safety (BBC News/ 3/08)

US mulls backing 'medicine rice' (BBC News/ 3/06)

USDA Trying to Block Rice Planting (The New York Times/ 3/06)

USDA EXTENDS PUBLIC COMMENT ON DEREGULATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CORN (USDA / APHIS / 2/26)

US' Largest Milk Company Says `No' To Clones (Cattle Network /2/23)

Non-GMO solution to seafood allergies (EurekAlert! /2/25)

Ten Years After Dolly, Animal Cloning Realizes Significant Milestones and Progress  Technology Poised to Begin Providing Consumers With Improved Products and Benefits (Biotechnology Industry Organization / 2/22)

U.S. Agency Violated Law in Seed Case, Judge Rules (New York Times/ 2/14)

Cloned offspring novel food, says Agency (Food Standards Agency/1/18)

FDA Says Clones Are Safe To Eat. Voluntary Ban On Food Sale Still in Effect (Washington Post / 12/29)

India warned over GM rice crops (BBC News / 10/31)

Update on illegal GM rice: 26 October 2006 (UK Food Standards Agency / 10/26)

FDA Is Set To Approve Milk, Meat From Clones (WashingtonPost.com / 10/17)

EFSA opinion on the safety of GM rice (UK Food Standards Agency / 9/15)

Cow completed (FoodProductionDaily.com / 8/18)

EFSA consults on the risk assessment of ‘hybrid’ GM plants and publishes guidance on the risk assessment of GM microorganisms (European Food Safety Authority / 7/6)

EU consumers say GMO food is risk to society: poll (Reuters Health / 6/22)

President Clinton Highlights Use of Biotechnology to Improve Agriculture and the Environment, and Alleviate Disease (Biotechnology Industry Organization / 4/14)

Cloning May Lead to Healthy Pork (BBC News / 3/27)

Greenpeace says illegal GMO rice in Heinz baby food (Reuters Health / 3/14)

EUROPEAN UNION: The World Trade Organisation’s secret report on genetically modified foods was leaked to Friends of the Earth. (MeatNews.com / 3/6)

American Opinions Are Split on Genetically Engineered Food (NewsWise.com / 2/19)

Europe Defends Stance on Genetically Altered Foods (New York Times / 2/8)

U. of I. pig to make history – as source of first complete swine genome (University of Illinois / 1/13)

Lax Oversight Found in Tests of Gene-Altered Crops (New York Times / 1/3)

EU may let gene crops into organic food-green groups (Reuters Health / 12/22)

EU farm ministers clash on GMO maize approval (Reuters Health / 12/20)

GM animal tests continue to rise (BBC News / 12/8)

New technology produces photographs in living black and white, as genetically modified cells sense light and produce pigment (Boston Globe / 12/5)

Bird Flu Hype Infecting Biotech Industry (New York Times from AP / 12/5)

Swiss Ban Genetically Modified Crops (New York Times / 11/27)

UNITED STATES: Consumer knowledge about genetically altered livestock and crops is low, a survey finds. (MeatNews.com / 11/18)

Illumina Conducting Large-Scale Poultry Genotyping Project For Aviagen (Meat and Poultry Online News / 11/16)

Washington University receives $29.5 million to sequence corn genome (Washington University / 11/15)