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Chocolate World in Hershey, Penn. in 2011. (SDominick/iStock/Getty Images)

Nestle, Hershey at odds with farmers over U.S. GMO labeling

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News July 3, 2018

New York | Reuters –– The world’s top food companies and farmers of crops such as beet sugar are pitted against each other as they lobby the U.S. government over plans to label genetically engineered ingredients. At the heart of the issue is transparency over ingredients used in food. Packaged foods makers are facing flagging

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Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel June 15, 2018

Tokyo/Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan’s farm ministry said Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday the wheat containing a genetically modified trait, developed by Monsanto to tolerate Roundup herbicide,

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U.S. farmers seek approval of GMO corn settlement with Syngenta

By Brendan Pierson, GFM Network News March 12, 2018

Reuters –– U.S. farmers suing Syngenta over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified (GMO) strain of corn before China approved importing it sought court approval on Monday of a record US$1.51 billion settlement with the Swiss seed company. The deal covers U.S. corn producers, grain handling facilities and ethanol plants nationwide that sold corn

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German coalition deal sets no timetable to end glyphosate use

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 7, 2018

Hamburg | Reuters –– Germany’s draft coalition government deal includes a goal of ending use of glyphosate herbicide within the country, but gives no time frame, after Berlin swung a vote in November extending its use across the European Union. The timing of an end to glyphosate use has been highly controversial in Europe amid

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Limagrain says GMO protests could force R+D relocation

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 17, 2018

Paris | Reuters — Limagrain, the world’s fourth-largest seed maker, will consider moving its research activities out of France if field trials in its home market continue to be sabotaged by opponents of genetically modified crops. The French co-operative group was targeted last month by protestors who invaded test fields southeast of Paris and scattered

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U.S. top court lets Conagra cooking oil class action proceed

By GFM Network News October 10, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a bid by Conagra Brands to escape a class-action lawsuit accusing it of falsely labeling its cooking oil as 100 per cent natural even though it had genetically modified ingredients. Conagra had asked to the justices to hear its appeal of a

Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)

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ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume September 28, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta moved closer to putting a troubled biotech corn seed launch behind it with a US$1.5 billion settlement with farmers this week, but grain traders who filed two remaining lawsuits may be less ready to compromise, legal experts said. The company was sued three years ago by the farmers and traders

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China approves two more GMO crops for import

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News July 17, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China has approved two more genetically modified (GMO) crops for import, the Ministry of Agriculture said, the second such move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as part of Beijing’s 100-day trade talks with Washington. The two new crops, approved from July 16 for a period of

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China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

By Dominique Patton, GFM Network News, Hallie Gu June 14, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China approved two new varieties of genetically modified (GMO) crops for import from Monday, after the world’s top buyer of GMO soybeans pledged to speed up a review of biotech products as part of a recent trade deal with the U.S. The approvals of new GMO imports follow an agreement on

Princess Anne says she’d plant GMO crops on her own land if she were legally allowed to.

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U.K. royals’ sibling rivalry on GMOs?

Princess Anne made the approving comments about GMO crops during a BBC radio interview

By Reuters April 5, 2017

Britain’s Princess Anne may have sparked some royal sibling rivalry after saying genetically modified crops had real benefits to offer, putting her at odds with her older brother Charles who says they would be an environmental disaster. In an interview with BBC radio, Anne said she would grow GMO crops on her farming estates, adding

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Tag Archives GMO

Nestle, Hershey at odds with farmers over U.S. GMO labeling

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

U.S. farmers seek approval of GMO corn settlement with Syngenta

German coalition deal sets no timetable to end glyphosate use

Limagrain says GMO protests could force R+D relocation

U.S. top court lets Conagra cooking oil class action proceed

ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

China approves two more GMO crops for import

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

U.K. royals’ sibling rivalry on GMOs?

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