EU Food Safety Agency Attacked for Pro-GMO Bias
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An environmental group accused Europe's top food safety agency on Monday of repeated bias in favor of genetically modified (GMO) foods and links with the biotech industry.
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With the Food and Drug Administration having declared that meat and milk from cloned animals are safe, opponents of food from clones are shifting their fight to how such fare is labeled.
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Europe's leading food safety agency  advised consumers on Friday that eating rice with trace amounts  of an unauthorised genetically modified (GMO) strain was  unlikely to pose a health risk to humans or animals.
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US Food and Drug Administration officials defended their record on drug safety Thursday in the face of attacks from both inside and outside the agency.
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PARMA, Italy  - The European Union's food safety  watchdog may start checking whether food manufacturers are  telling the truth when they claim food is "low fat" or "high in  vitamins," the agency's head said on Monday.
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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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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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An influential World Health Organization committee has upset a some scientists with its recommendation that researchers be permitted to conduct genetic-engineering experiments with the smallpox virus.
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EU farm ministers fell short of a  consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of various  genetically modified (GMO) rapeseed types, again revealing  their deep differences on biotech crops and foods, officials  said.
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PARIS, Aug 19 (IPS) - A report by the French food security agency AFSSA  that  highlights the benefits of transgenic crops was received  with scepticism in  local scientific circles, where experts noted  the ambiguity of the study's  own conclusions.
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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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The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) is to look into a possible link between certain food colours and increased hyperactivity in children, the European Commission said Thursday.
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The Food and Drug Administration came under withering criticism by a House panel yesterday for its handling of recent food-safety violations, and the Bush administration later disclosed plans to establish a working group to review the safety of food and other imports.
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It&#39;s time for Europe to reassess its  skepticism towards genetically modified (GMO) foods and trust  scientists who have deemed them safe -- or risk more  international lawsuits, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
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BASF's Amflora off the menu The European Union's Council of Ministers last week delivered a serious blow to biotech companies' ambitions to roll out GM crops across the region by postponing a decision on the "commercial optimisation" of BASF's Amflora "genetically optimised potato".â¦
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The European Union's health chief  wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the  growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff  political and industrial opposition.
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Europe's top food safety agency has been asked to determine whether meat and milk from cloned animals are safe to eat, European Commission officials said on Thursday.