Welcome to our latest Review, which leads with the tragic capitulation of EU member states to GMO industry interests in the rush to deregulate GMOs (EU GMO DEREGULATION PROPOSAL). It’s not over yet ...

All "new GM" animals must be examined for intended and unintended effects to protect animals, health and nature – Testbiotech Testbiotech has published a report on the application of new genetic ...

GeneWatch UK has submitted a response to the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA's) consultation on its "Draft scientific opinion on new developments in biotechnology applied to animals: an ...

Responding to today's EU vote in favour of GMO deregulation, the German Association Food without Genetic Engineering (VLOG) said in a statement: "This is unlikely to be the hoped-for breakthrough, as ...

The African maize stem borer, Busseola fusca, is one of the most important pests of maize in Africa. Cry1Ab maize was planted commercially in South Africa for 6 years since 1998-1999 before field ...

Civil society organisations in Argentina and Paraguay[1] are calling for the suspension of Bioceres's GM wheat HB4 on the grounds of the failure of the technology. The wheat is marketed as ...

"EU governments have voted on the side of a handful of big corporations’ profits, instead of protecting farmers and consumers’ right to transparency and safety" – Friends of the Earth Europe Today, EU ...

In the EU Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) on 14 March, the Polish EU Presidency managed to secure a narrow majority for its "compromise text" supporting new GMO deregulation. The text ...

"By allowing untested and unlabelled GM plants to be released into the environment and onto our plates, they are putting both people and nature at risk" – Save Our Seeds The Council of Ministers today ...

Reaction of Corporate Europe Observatory to today's vote for GMO deregulation Today EU countries have given a mandate to start negotiations on the deregulation of new GM crops (also called NGTs).

According to Christophe Clergeau, vice-president of the S&D Group in the European Parliament and the shadow rapporteur on the new GMO deregulation file, "The Council and the Commission are set to work ...

Commenting on the EU vote to deregulate new GMOs, ENGA, the association of the European non-GMO food and feed sector, said, "The result of today’s vote at the COREPER meeting on New Genomic Techniques ...