TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, Agriculture US, GMO's, Research, Ag Asia / Pacific,

02/09/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com

China finds illegal work on genetically modified corn, cotton seed

BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday it had found eight companies and research institutes that illegally produced or carried out research on genetically modified (GM) seeds. The companies included two seed marketing companies in northeast Liaoning province and two corn breeders in northwest Xinjiang province who were producing GM corn seed. The ministry said seeds were confiscated and the companies fined. China does not permit the production or planting of GM corn.

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TOPIC(S): Food/Nutrition, GMO's, FDA, USDA, Consumer/Retail,

02/04/2021 SOURCE: www.supplychainbrain.com

Food Producers Face Deadline for Meeting GMO Labeling Rules

U.S. Department of Agriculture rules on the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food are being extended to include smaller producers and sellers. The deadline for compliance is the end of this year, but some companies have yet to make the effort to determine whether they’re affected.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Trade (Commodities), Coronavirus/COVID,

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TOPIC(S): GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag Europe,

01/25/2021 SOURCE: www.potatonewstoday.com

France backs non-GMO regulation for crop gene-editing in EU

According to a Reuters report, France sees crops developed using gene-editing techniques as different to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and opposes a European Union court decision to put the…

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, GMO's, CRISPR/Gene Editing, Ag Europe,

01/20/2021 SOURCE: www.fwi.co.uk

Gene-edited crops not the same as GMs, says France - Farmers Weekly

France is on a collision course with the European Union after it said gene-edited crops should not be classified as genetically modified organisms (GMs).

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, Biotech,

01/19/2021 SOURCE: allianceforscience.cornell.edu

10 Myths About GMOs - Alliance for Science

[Download this page as a PDF] [En Español: 10 mitos sobre los OGMs] GMO stands for “genetically modified organism.” It most commonly refers to organisms—often plants—that have been modified to achieve desired traits, like drought-tolerance and pest-resistance, using recombinant DNA techniques or genetic engineering (GE). It’s a misleading term, since we’ve been modifying the […]

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TOPIC(S): Corn/Maize, GMO's, Ag Africa, Weather,

01/18/2021 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Africa biotech setback: Tanzania suspends GM crop research, ending trials of insect-resistant corn and virus-resistant cassava

Agriculture minister Prof Adolf Mkenda made the announcement on January 12 at the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) Mikocheni centre in Dar es

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TOPIC(S): Cotton, GMO's, Sugar Beets,

01/15/2021 SOURCE: www.republic-online.com

GMO foods: friends or foes?

GMO foods have been available to consumers since the early 1990s. Over the years, there ha...

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TOPIC(S): Food/Nutrition, GMO's, Ag Tech,

01/14/2021 SOURCE: andytherd.com

Everything You Need To Know About GMO Foods - Andy The RD

Genetically Modified Organisms, also known as GMOs, represent one of the most pervasive topics in modern nutrition discourse. Formally described by the WHO – Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods derived from organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been modified in a way that does not occur naturally, e.g. through