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Northern Ireland, Austria, Italy, Lithuania, Greece and Latvia have opted out of growing GM crops

September 25, 2015 Staff 0 Comments agriculture minister, european commission, european union, gene, gm crops, gm maize, GMOs

European countries have announced that they are opting out of growing GM crops based on new rules by the European

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Members of Congress urged not to support the DARK act.

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 Staff 0 Comments consumers, executive director, farmers, Food, food product, gmo foods, GMOs, industry, legislation, monsant, monsanto, oda, organic, organic consumers association, pesticide, transparency

A letter was presented by over 320 grassroots organizations, farmers, consumer groups and businesses who urged Congress not to adopt

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Hershey’s committing to simpler ingredients; announces transition to GMO free ingredients for some products.

March 2, 2015March 4, 2015 Staff 0 Comments flavors, general mills, Gluten Free, gm, GMO, gmo products, GMOs, high fructose, high fructose corn, high fructose corn syrup, import, ingredients, milk

Hershey’s, the U.S. chocolate conglomerate; has announced a commitment to simpler ingredients. The company has also announced the launch of

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High profile chefs are calling on Congress to support labeling of Genetically Modified Food.

December 6, 2014 Staff 0 Comments biotech industry, Food, food and drug administration, food safety, fundamental right, Genetically Modified, gmo food, gmo foods, GMOs, industry, ingredients, initiative, legislation, organisms, pesticide, petition, senator barbara boxer

More and more consumer advocate groups and high profile individuals are calling on U.S. congress to support the labeling of

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GMO bill in Russia imposes steep fines for labeling violations.

August 24, 2014 Staff 0 Comments consumption, ep, Food, food product, Genetically Modified, GMO, GMOs, indivi, label, labeling of food products, legislation, minister of agriculture, organism, organisms, russia

The Russian Legal Information Agency has released the news that Russia has implemented steps to increase the penalty for GMO

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Pope petitioned to ban GMOS in Brazil.

August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 Staff 0 Comments biodiversity, biotechnology companies, cartagena protocol, food security, Genetically Modified, gm, GMO, GMOs, molecular genetics, oda, organisms, petition, precaution, precautionary principle, publ, research

Certain groups within the scientific community have made it abundantly clear that they do not support the propagation of genetically

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Vermont sued over GM ban.

June 13, 2014June 13, 2014 Staff 0 Comments class, consumers, fr, GMOs, health, health and safety, ingredients, milk, organic, organic consumers association, prohibition, United States, US, za

A lawsuit was filed on the 12th of June against the State of Vermont. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of

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Bulgaria maintains ban against the cultivation of GMO corn in Europe.

June 5, 2014 Staff 0 Comments contamination, european commission, european union, Genetically Modified, gm, gm ban, GMO, GMOs, initiative, maize, minister of agriculture, om, opposition, risk, scie, transgene

Bulgaria’s parliament in 2010 voted to amend its existing law and to completely ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM)

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Two Oregon counties completely ban cultivation of GMOs

May 22, 2014 Staff 0 Comments amp, ampa, banned, contamination, crops, farmers, farming, Genetically Modified, GMOs, initiative, legal challenge, monsant, monsanto, organic, plants, protection act, regu, seeds, US, USA

Following on the heels of the State of Vermont, two Oregon counties Jackson and Josephine county, completely banned the cultivation

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France completely bans GMOs.

May 7, 2014 Staff 0 Comments administrative court, agriculture minister, dow chemical, frankenstein foods, french government, Genetically Modified, gm, GMO, GMOs, legal framework, member state, minister of agriculture, monsant, new ways, reuters france

France took the final steps on Monday and completely prohibited the cultivation of any variety of genetically modified corn in

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