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Cargill fires first shot in legal battle over GMO trade responsibility
2014-09-15 00:00:40| Agriculture - Topix.net
Trading giant Cargill said in court documents on Friday that it had lost more than $90 million because Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, to U.S. farmers without first obtaining import approval from China, which has turned away boatloads of U.S. crops containing the variety over the past year. The lawsuit will be a test case of who is ultimately responsible for such rejections that damage international trade: the seed companies that develop unapproved GMO traits or the merchants who sell grain that may be contaminated with it.
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Cargill fires first shot in legal battle over GMO trade responsibility
2014-09-14 23:45:01| Food - Topix.net
Trading giant Cargill said in court documents on Friday that it had lost more than $90 million because Syngenta sold Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, to U.S. farmers without first obtaining import approval from China, which has turned away boatloads of U.S. crops containing the variety over the past year. The lawsuit will be a test case of who is ultimately responsible for such rejections that damage international trade: the seed companies that develop unapproved GMO traits or the merchants who sell grain that may be contaminated with it.
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Big Food tripled spending this year to stifle growing GMO labeling movement
2014-09-09 10:24:20| Beverages - Topix.net
It is something that, as an American and a consumer, ought to outrage you: Big Food companies spending tens of millions of dollars just to keep information from you -- to prevent you from knowing all that there is to know about a substance, or substances, that could be harming your health, as well as the overall health of the American agricultural industry. As Reuters reported recently, Big Food, which opposes mandatory labeling of anything manufactured with genetically modified organisms, spent nearly three times what they spent in all of last year in the first six months of this year to keep GMO-labeling laws from becoming reality .
Colorado ballot decisions include personhood, GMO food, horse racing
2014-09-09 03:20:59| Chemicals - Topix.net
Corn, a vegetable which can be a cultivation of "MON 810", a variety of genetically modified maize developed by the US agro-chemicals Monsanto Company. Colorado's fall election ballot was set Monday, as Secretary of State's Office certified four issues for voters to decide, including the definition of a person, casino gambling in three counties, food labeling and open meetings.
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U.S. GMO labeling foes triple spending in first half of this year over 2013
2014-09-03 10:04:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Opponents of mandatory labeling for foods made with genetically modified organisms spent more than $27 million in the first six months of this year on GMO-related lobbying, roughly three times their spending in all of 2013, according to an analysis released Wednesday.
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