A Genetically Modified Potato, Not for Eating, Is Stirring Some Opposition in Europe
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Amflora potatoes have become the unlikely lightning rod in the angry debate over genetically modified crops in Europe.
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British and Irish consumers may have  to eat paler breakfast sausages and burgers after the European  Union banned the use of a red food coloring, Red 2G, in the  European Union due to concern it could cause cancer.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain, sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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Lizards love organic The reason why visiting aliens tend to abduct American citizens but only trample on corn fields in Europe has been blamed on genetically modified crops.â¦
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The European Commission says it has approved a genetically-modified seed for planting.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 13 (IPS) - European consumers shunning imported food  supposedly to limit climate change should not make African  farmers a scapegoat, a Brussels conference has been told.
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EU biotech experts will debate next  week whether to allow imports of carnations whose color has  been genetically modified, possibly the first new approval of a  GMO plant in eight years, officials said on Friday.
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Opponents of cloning animals for food got a boost yesterday as a European ethics body came out against the practice, expressing concerns about the clones' welfare.
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Farmers around the globe planting genetically engineered crops enjoyed another bumper harvest last year even as political and financial pressure mounted from skeptical consumers in Europe and pockets of the United States, an industry-supported group said Wednesday.
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Europe's leading food safety agency   advised consumers on Friday that eating rice with trace amounts   of an unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) strain was   unlikely to pose a health risk to humans or animals.
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Pollen from a genetically modified grass was found 21 kilometres from where it was planted, scientists reported in a study published Tuesday, raising fears of transgenic crossbreeding.
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CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Hearings on whether Prince Edward Island should ban the use of genetically modified organisms in its agriculture industry has international experts on both sides of the debate digging in for a fight.
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The Cabinet of Prime Minister Stanislav Gross recently submitted a proposal that would return to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) a role in the decision making process regarding genetically modified ...
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European consumers may be at risk from  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China  after a biotech strain was found in products sold in three EU  countries, two leading environment groups said on Tuesday.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Opponents of biotech crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and other harm to the environment.
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A total freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, such as France may be considering, is not allowed under EU rules, the European Commission said Friday.
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A controversial genetically modified  rice strain found in commercial supplies last month should not  be approved by the U.S. Agriculture Department, which a  consumer group said on Thursday has failed to adequately  protect farmers and consumers.