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General Discussion and Opinions
Consumer Surveys, Attitudes and Opinion
Starlink - Cry9C Protein
Labeling
International Views
Segregation, Testing and Certification
Private Sector Initiatives
GE-Free and Organics
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General Discussion and Opinions
- Got Posilac?, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 10, 2003
- Biotechnology, Food Labeling, Risk Assessment and International Trade,
posted on AgBioView, April 24, 2003
- Europe shows little taste for U.S. biotech crops, Chicago Tribune,
October 30, 2002
- Crop regulators debate market acceptance, The Western Producer,
March 14, 2002
- Persuading the wary consumers, GMOs and mistrust,
Reuters, November 8, 2001
- GMO crops here to stay or gone with the wind?,
Reuters, November 5, 2001
- Anti-GMO Sentiments Thrive Overseas, Rooster News Network,
October 26, 2001
- Restaurants and grocers asked to avoid transgenic fish
Environmental News Network, October 22, 2001
- Biotech Panderers, Editorial, Washington Post, August 5, 2001
- Loblaws orders GMO-free labels removed, Globe and Mail (BREAKING NEWS),
June 13, 2001
- As Biotech Crops Multiply, Consumers Get Little Choice, New York Times,
June 9, 2001
- First open debate on GMOs in The Netherlands, AgBioView Post,
June 27 2001 by Ferdinand Engelbeen
- Biotech Menu Serves up
Conflict, Denver Post, May 27, 2001
The Role of
Biotechnology for Food Consumers in Developing Countries,
Bouis, Howarth E., 2000, In: Matin Qaim, A. Krattiger, and J. von Braun (eds.), Agricultural
Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Towards Optimizing
Benefits for the Poor. Kluwer Academic Publishers (chapter 11)
"Harvest of Fear" a PBS Frontline aired April 24, 2001 program has
launched a website in conjunction with the film
- Biotech Bears Fruit for Farmers, but What About Consumers?, The Los
Angeles Times, April 9, 2001
- GM presence in seeds inevitable, EU group says, Reuters News Service,
April 6, 2001
- Pew Charitable Trusts Launch Effort to Build a New Platform For Discussion,
News Release, PRNewswire, IFIC, March 27, 2001
- Selling Science to the Public, Science Magazine, March 20, 2001
- Biotech industry warned to take heed of consumer concerns,
Knight Ridder/Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 22, 2001
- Biotech policy 'holds great peril',
StarLink controversy may be tip of iceberg, consumer group says,
Register, Washington Bureau, January 12, 2001
- Mmm, Mmm, Genetically Engineered, New York Times, August 27, 2000
- Why Many Farmers and Consumers are Lukewarm About GMOs and What
Might Change Their Minds, Charles M. Benbrook, presented at the
Formulations Forum 2000, Orlando, FL, September 6, 2000
- City Council rebellions against GM grow in US - Sample Resolution
8/31/00 (CropChoice News) -- Now it's Cleveland...
- Without Warning, the American Diet Has Been Infiltrated by Dozens of Genetically Modified Foods, ELLE, July, 2000
- Biotech Backlash Mainstream
Plunges Into the Struggle, Sacramento Bee,
June 25, 2000
- EATING WELL; Mainstream
Organics: Britain Stocks Up,
New York Times,
June 21, 2000
- Modified Foods Put Companies in a Quandary, New York Times,June 3, 2000
- Genetic Modification of Foods: The Public's Mistrust of Science and
Science's Misunderstanding of the Public, Remarks of Carol Tucker Foreman, Before the 2000 American
AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology, April 13, 2000
- Conservative Take on Radical Technology, San Francisco Chronicle,
April 24, 2000
- Plant Biotechnology: Consumer Power Heralds Hard Times for Researchers,
Science, Volume 287, Number 5454, pp. 790 - 791, February 4, 2000
- Public Concerns Over Transgenic
Crops, John Innes Centre
- Brazil State Pays Farmers to Rip Out GM Soybeans,
(Reuters), December 7, 1999
- Consumers want GMO-free food, but who will pay?,
Reuters World Report, December 6, 1999
- Announcing California Right to Know
Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Ballot Initiative,
December 1999
- Remarks of Edward Groth III, Ph.D., Consumers Union Of
United States, Panel on "Public Information Issues", FDA Public
Meeting on "Biotechnology in the Year 2000 and Beyond", Chicago,
November 18, 1999
- Critical Issues Highlighted; CWB calls for a Halt on
Transgenic Varieties, Manitoba Co-operator, October 28, 1999
- High Tech Food Fight, National Journal, October 23, 1999
- Consumers Have a Right to Know (Agnet Edited),
The Edmonton Journal (Opinion), October 20, 1999
- Group To Oppose Genetically Altered Foods In U.S., Wall
Street Journal, October 12, 1999
- Protest May Mow Down Trend to Alter Crops, LA Times,
October 5, 1999
- Donut Ask, Donut Tell; Industry Officials scramble to head off GMO crisis in meat,
Beef Today, October 1999
- Call for Ban on Genetically Enhanced Foods Denies
Consumer Choice and Benefits, AGCare Canada, September 27, 1999
- Genetically Modified Confusion, Editorial in the
Washington Post, September 17, 1999
- Food Safety Issue Heats
Up, Bangor Daily News, August 14, 1999
- Facing Fear of Biotechnology,
Science, 285: 335 July 16, 1999
- Worlds Apart: The Reception of Genetically Modified Foods in
Europe and the U.S., Science 285:384, July 16, 1999
- Biotechnology: An Essay On The Academy, Cultural
Attitudes And Public Policy, Drew L. Kershen, University of
Oklahoma, July 1999
- The Controversy Over Bioengineered Crops: A yawning chasm
separates naysayers from true believers, San Francisco Chronicle,
May 24, 1999
- America Angry and Puzzled by EU 'False Science',
Scotsman, May 20, 1999.
- Are Genetically Engineered Foods in Accord with Jewish Law?,
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Problems, Prepared by Steven M. Druker,
Alliance for Bio-Integrity, 1997
Consumer Surveys, Attitudes and Opinions
Americans' Knowledge of Genetically Modified Foods Remains Low and Opinions On Safety Still
Split, Press Release, Pew Ag Biotech, September 2003
Only 2% of public 'would eat GM food', London Times, September 25, 2003
- The Effects of Information on Consumer Demand for Biotech Foods: Evidence
from Experimental Auctions, Technical Bulletin No. (TB1903),
32 pp, April 2003, (Posted on AgBioView, April 24, 2003)
- Support for Food Biotechnology Holds with Increased Recognition of Benefits
(IFIC) International Food Information Council Backgrounder, Press Release,
September 23, 2002
- Why Do EU and US Consumers Differ on GM?, AgBioTechNet, April 25, 2002
- Shoppers Hit Grocery Aisles Today to Label GE Food,
Day Marks National Launch of Citizen's Labeling Brigade,
Press Release, October 30, 2001
- IFIC Consumer Attitudinal Research: Most Americans can Articulate
Expected Benefits of Food Biotechnology, International Food
Information Council (IFIC), October 21, 2001
- Bioengineered food sows ethical concerns, Christian Science
Monitor, August 2, 2001
- Behind the Label -- Many Skeptical of Bio-Engineered Food, Analysis
By Gary Langer, abcNEWS.com
- Poll - confidence in biotech regulation mixed
, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, PR Newswire, June 27,
2001
Food Companies Held Accountable Ahead of Governments for Ensuring
Food Safety: Results of a New 10-nation Survey, Environics International,
Media Release, May 22, 2001
- Majority of Americans Favor Biofood Labels, Reuters, February 23, 2001
- More US Consumers Expect Biotech Benefits: Mixed Feelings, But Not
Major Concern over Labeling, International Food Information
Council Foundation (IFIC) Background, February 2001
- U. S. Public Opinion Divided Over Biotechnology?, Nature Biotechnology,
Vol. 18: 939-942, September 2000
- Compilaton and Analysis of
Public Opinion Polls On Genetically Engineered (GE) Foods,
Center for Food Safety, Updated January 31, 2000
- Major Survey on GE Foods Released, review by Craig Winters, Campaign to
Label Genetically Engineered Foods
- Consumer and Food Industry Perspective on Food Biotechnology,
AgBioView from AgBioWorld, May 2000
- Europeans Suspicious of Biotech,
Says Survey, Agence France Presse English, April 27, 2000
- Attidues Concerning Biotechnology, results of a study conducted
by the Kerr Center (PDF 67K)
- Gallup Poll on biotech foods released April 11.
- National poll and cross-country protest demonstrate consumers won't be
Fooled by GE foods, Canadian Press Release, March 31, 2000.
- Manitobans and Their Concerns About Food, Prairie Research Associates Inc.,
March 10, 2000
- Economist GM poll - 57% of US citizens less likely to buy GM foods,
The Economist, January 15, 2000
- Public concern on GM crops 'not irrational', The Guardian,
October 19, 1999
- What Biotech Food Issue?, Gallup News Service, October 5, 1999
- Americans Remain Positive on Food Biotechnology,
International Food Information Council (IFIC) Survey,
October 1999
- Consumer Reports, September 1999,
'Seeds of Change'.
In the U.S. and elsewhere, the food supply is being
genetically altered. Here's why you should care:
(Accessible for a fee from Consumer Reports Online)
- Vandals Hit Modified Corn at University of
Maine, Bangor Daily News, August 20, 1999
- Americans, Europeans Divided on Use of Genetically Altered Foods,
The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,
June 27, 1999
- Consumers Want More Information on
Biotech Food Products, AgCare Update, Summer 1999
International Views
- Ag BioTech InfoNet, International Policy
- GMO marketing concerns persist at IGC, Manitoba Co-operator,
June 27, 2002
- Brazil GM-free corn exports seen at record, Reuters News Service,
December 21, 2001
- Saying No to Transgenic Crops,
Far Eastern Economic Review, June 14, 2001
- European feed producers look for non-biotech soybean meal in Minnesota,
Associated Press, May 2, 2001
- Agenda Item 11 CRD.1, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme
Codex Committee on Food Labeling, Twenty-ninth Session, Ottawa,
Canada, 1 - 4 May 2001
- U.S. trade association documents international GMO labeling
initiatives and urges members to help "defeat" Mexican
mandatory labeling bill, January 19, 2001
- Japan consumer group says finds StarLink in food,
Reuters, February 1, 2001
- Non Genetic Canola Trade Advantage,
Transcript from the ABC National Rural News (broadcast daily to
all states on ABC Regional Radio's Country Hour and on ABC Radio
National), October 24, 2000
- Farm trials in jeopardy after verdict, Jamie Wilson, The Guardian
(London), September 21, 2000
- Lord Metchett's Victory Will Prove to be a Defeat for Scientific
Truth, The Independent (London), September 21, 2000
- Protesters' Green Light to Sabatage the GM Crop Trials, Daily Mail
(London), September 21, 2000
- As Bio Tech Frankenfoods' are Stuffed Down Their Throats,
Consumers Rebel, The Nation, December 27, 1999.
- Kibun food to stop using GM ingredients in soymilk,
Reuters, December 21, 1999
- Nisshin to end use of GM crops for home products,
Reuters, December 21, 1999
- Consumer groups in Japan ask Australia and New Zealand farmers and
agribusiness to segregate GMO foods, MEDIA ALERT: Open letter to Farmers:
Codex NGO Forum in Japan, November 16, 1999
- Thais Say US Shipped Genetically
Altered Wheat, Dow Jones Newswire, October 15, 1999
- The Social Aspects of Food Biotechnology: A European View, Environmental
Toxicology and Pharmacology 7 (1999) 85-93
- People Distrust Government on GM Foods, Sunday Independent (London),
May 23, 1999
- Less Spin, More Science -- an editorial in The Sunday Independent
(London), May 23, 1999
Segregation, Testing and Certification
- Farmers Warned About Corn Test Kits, AP Online,
October 26, 2001
- Potato Industry Encouraged to Test Seed for GMOs, AgWeb.com Editors,
November 19, 2001
- Growing grain with authenticity; Farmers seek bonus for
'identity preserved' crops, Kansas City Star, June 21, 2001
- Japan P&G recalls Pringles over barred GM potato, Reuters, July 17, 2001
- Keeping Modified, Conventional Crops Separate Not Realistic, Consultant
Says, International Environment, Volume 24:12 p. 477, June 6, 2001
- Japan food recall revives StarLink biotech
scare, Reuters, May 28, 2001
- Refiners Shun Bioengineered Sugar Beets, Frustrating Plans for
Monsanto, Aventis, Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2001
- New Study Finds 'Strip' Test Unreliabe for Genetically Modified Crops,
Jeffrey Smith, Genetic
ID, forwarded to AgBioView by Andrew Appel, April 1, 2001
- Testing for GM food still a hit-and-miss affair,
News Release, The Economist via NewsEdge Corporation, March 30, 2001
- Corn research raises doubts on DNA test, The (Champaign) News-Gazette
Associated Press, February 7, 2001
- GeneScan Europe AG And Motorola Establish Technical Collaboration To
Detect Genetically Modified Crops, PR Newswire, February 2, 2001
- Tracking Traits for New Markets, Farm Progress,
February 1, 2001
- "Key New Insights on StarLink"
- PDF file containing the 74 page October 25, 2000 Aventis
submission to the EPA seeking a four-year Time-Limited Tolerance
and reporting the result of a detailed new allergenicity risk
assessment (Appendices not included) (pdf 237K)
- The StarLink Situation -- Overview of the current problem facing the U.S. corn and food
industries, farmers, and government regulators by an Iowa State
University team led by Dr. Neil Harl. Includes the full text of
recent correspondence from Aventis to growers and the government.(pdf 676K)
"The Economics of Non-GMO Segregation and Identity Preservation",
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PowerPoint Presentation
- Biotech Detector for Foods Announced, Qualicon (Dupont) Press release,
October 2000
- Only Minor Adjustments Needed to U.S. Grain Handling System,
Agweb.com, October 17, 2000
- Study reveals hidden costs in IP supply chain,
the Economics & Management of Agrobiotechnology Center (EMAC),
University of Missouri-Columbia
- GM Crop Testing Grows Amid Controversy, Today's Chemist at Work, Volume 9, No. 6, 32, 33, 37
- Dupont Qualicon Opens Lab for
Biotechnology Testing, Press Release, April 24, 2000
- Biotech Home Tests; These Quick, Inexpensive Tests Identify GM Grains,
Farm Journal, January 2000
The Indiana Crop Improvement Association
is offering a certification service for non-transgenic corn hybrids in 2000.
- Kibun food to stop using GM ingredients in soymilk,
Reuters, December 21, 1999
- Nisshin to end use of GM crops for home products,
Reuters, December 21, 1999
- Corn Growers Publish Results of Elevator Survey as Part of Broader
Program on GMO Alternatives, News Release -- ACGA, October 25, 1999
- Guelph Firm Tests GMO Detection Idea, Ontario Farmer,
October 12, 1999
- EU Plans One Percent 'GMO-Free'
Threshold, Reuters, October 12, 1999
- Quaker Betrays Public Trust with Gene-Altered Corn,
Greenpeace Press Release, October 7, 1999
- Handling GMO Grain During & After Harvest,
ICN Conference
- Mitsubishi Corp, Takara to Certify Non-GM Food, Dow Jones,
September 19, 1999
- U.S. grain merchants paying up for non-GMO crops,
Reuters Business Report, September 7, 1999
- Agribusiness Giant Requires Separation of Altered Crops; Archer Daniels Midland Reacts to Biotech
Concerns; Move Worries Farmers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
September 2, 1999
- Honda Unit to Build U.S. Plant for Non-GM Soybeans, Reuters,
August 26, 1999
- Japan Label Plan Seen Affecting U.S. GM Crop Output,
Wire Service: RTW (Reuters World Report), August 23, 1999
- Blair Wrong on GM Food,
Says Sir Paul, PA News, June 10, 1999
- Biotech Crops Gain Favor on the
Farm, Controversy Abroad Hasn't Slowed Planting,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 23, 1999
- Ontario Corn Industry To
Meet Needs of Customers for Biotechnology-Modified Corn,
Agnet, May 19, 1999 -- 1999 Ontario Corn Producers' Association
- A Solution to the Corn Crisis: How Farmers Can Test
Their Corn, News Release, Genetic ID, May 4, 1999
- How to Price What We Put on Our Plate, New Scientist, February 17, 1999
Private Sector Initiatives
- UK Supermarkets maintain strict GM-free policy for 2003, Press release
gmfoodnews.com, January 6, 2003
- Grocery Chain Trader Joe's Drops Gene-Altered Food, Press Release,
Greenpeace, November 14, 2001
- Church continues battle vs genetic-modified food, Inquirer
News Service, November 19, 2001
- The Risks of Going Non-GMO*, Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 53, #4,
(Winter 2000) , pp.631-652
- Whole Foods Market Urges FDA to Amend Proposed New Rule and Guidance On
Genetically Engineered Foods, News Release, Whole Foods Market, March 7, 2001
- Planting more seeds for biotech backlash, Christian Science Monitor,
December 21, 2000
- Biotech crops stunted by perception, Bloomberg News, September, 2000
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Biotech giant Novartis bans GMOs from own foods,
Reuters, August 3, 2000
- Lumen Foods Backs off Biotech, News
from CropChoice, July 10, 2000
- Excerpts from 'A Time to
Choose' -- Briefing
on the risks of GM foods by Henry Brighouse
- Monsanto lab in Crystal closes
amid food protests -- NatureMark
facility raised insect-resistent potatoes, Bangor Daily News,
Bangor, ME, May 3, 2000
- Decision By Fast Food Giants
To Reject Genetically Engineered
Potatoes Sends Strong Message To Farmers -- McDonald's, Burger
King,
Frito-Lay, and Proctor & Gamble Want Genetically Engineered-Free
Potatoes, New Release from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy, April 28, 2000
- Wheat replacing GM corn and GM
soybean in Japan, Wheat Letter
By, for and about U.S. Wheat, April 28, 2000
- McDonalds asks cos to stop using
Monsanto potato,
WSJ, (NYSE:MCD - news), April 28, 2000
- Genetically Altered Crops
-The Marketing Challenge Is Upon U.S. Farmers?,
Presentation By Dan McGuire, American Corn Growers Association
Workshop on Genetically Modified Crops,
April 8, 2000.
- Japan starts first GM-free
futures contract,
Financial Times, March 22, 2000.
- Firms face battle over altered
food, USA Today, February 14, 2000
- Gene Debate Sprouting Even Before
the Seeds:
Home Gardeners Worried that GM Seeds May be Coming, The Ottawa
Citizen, The
Washington Post, February 4, 2000
- No genetically altered corn,
Frito-Lay tells suppliers,
Sacramento Bee, Associated Press, February 1, 2000
- Opposition to GMOs starting to take
root in Japan,
The Associated Press, December 30, 1999
- Whole Foods, Wild Oats to Ban
Gene-Altered Foods,
Bloomberg, December 30, 1999
- Monsanto Eatery Bans Altered
Food, The Associated Press,
December 21, 1999
- Corporate America faces GM
onslaught, The Guardian (Finance),
December 20, 1999
- McCain's Hot Potato,
National Post, December 4, 1999
- Johnny's Seeds signs "Safe
Seed Pledge",
Northeast Resistance Against Genetic Engineering, December 1999
- Agri-Food Community Open
Letter to President Clinton on Science-Based
Labeling of Foods , The Biotechnology Knowledge Centre,
Reference No.: 2463, November 12, 1999
- Biotech Companies Take On Critics of
Gene-Altered Food,
New York Times, November 12, 1999
- Island potato official dislikes
McCain ban, The Canadian Press,
November 1999
- Genisoy Offers Non-GMO Consumer
Soy Protein Products; Latest Certification Announced
at the American Dietetic Association Meeting in Atlanta,
Press Release, October 18, 1999
- Hain Food's New Labeling May Prompt
U.S. Shoppers to Demand
'Biotech-Free', WSJ, October 7, 1999
- Policy decision of the Western
Australian Farmers
Federation
- Japan Food Maker to Drop
Gene-Altered Soybeans,
Reuters World Report, September 1, 1999
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Sainsbury's has become
the first major UK
supermarket to eliminate genetically modified
ingredients from its own-brand products.
A full page add in the Sunday [London] Times from
Sainsbury's Supermarket shows it's new label
Statement
by Mike Yost, President, American Soybean Association,
before the Subcommittee on Risk Management, Research and Specialty
Crops Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives,
March
3, 1999
GE-Free and Organics
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