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a Food, biotech groups banding together to influence GMO labeling efforts
2014-02-07 05:49:15| Biotech - Topix.net
Powerful farming and biotechnology interest groups announced Thursday they are banding together to push a federal voluntary labeling standard for genetically engineered food in an effort to stem the tide of state legislation seeking to mandate labeling.
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Germany to abstain in EU vote on new GMO maize
2014-02-05 17:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany will abstain in a European Union vote on the cultivation of a type of genetically modified maize, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, which opposition politicians say may lead to EU approval to farm the new crop. The vote covers an insect-resistant maize, known as Pioneer 1507, developed jointly by DuPont and Dow Chemical. If approved, it would end Monsanto's current monopoly in Europe's small market for GMO crops. The EU has only ever approved two other GMO crops for commercial...
Vt. Senate committees to hear about GMO labeling
2014-02-03 13:26:57| Biotech - Topix.net
Two Vermont Senate committees are planning to take testimony on labeling of food produced with genetic engineering at an upcoming public hearing.
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Power of Monsanto: Shareholder Meeting Had More Cops, Arrests Than Votes for GMO Labels
2014-01-29 16:54:35| Chemicals - Topix.net
At the Monsanto shareholders' meeting on Tuesday that was publicized by activists for a vote on whether the company should enact mandatory GMO labeling, two things were clear: Mandatory GMO labels aren't happening any time soon, and the police have Monsanto's back.
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GMO critics protest at Monsanto meeting; resolutions fail
2014-01-29 03:15:45| Chemicals - Topix.net
Critics of genetically modified crops protested at Monsanto Co's annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, calling for the world's largest seed company to provide a report on contamination in non-GMO crops and to stop fighting mandatory labels on foods containing GMO ingredients.
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