Gene-altered rice from China found in EU
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European consumers are at risk from  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China  after evidence of a strain was found in Britain, France and  Germany, environment group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.
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The US gives initial backing to growing rice modified with human proteins that could produce medicine.
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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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The European Union has authorized  imports of four genetically modified (GMO) crop products for  sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the  European Commission said on Wednesday.
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Bad case of hay fever? Eat more rice.  Japanese scientists have developed a genetically modified  strain of rice they say will help alleviate the symptoms of an  affliction that causes misery each year for some 10 percent of  Japan's population.
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Bug resistant corn is on its way The European Commission has waved through four new genetically modified organisms (GMO) for consumption in the European Union. This means that 15 GMOs have been allowed in to the EU since the region lifted its outright ban on the crops in 2004.â¦
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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The Department of Agriculture has granted preliminary approval for a large-scale plan to grow genetically altered rice in Kansas, prompting some critics to raise safety concerns.
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Australian scientists have used two recently discovered genes from an ancient wheat variety to develop a new way to breed salt-tolerant wheat.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department said   on Friday it verified a strip kit that can detect the   unapproved genetically modified Liberty Link rice trait in 10   minutes.
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Two shipments of U.S. rice held in the  Netherlands and Belgium have tested positive for a strain of  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice, the European  Commission said on Thursday.
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The European Union head office cleared the sale of food and food ingredients derived from a new genetically modified corn variety, arguing Tuesday that clear labeling will give consumers a choice of whether to use it.
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A fluorescent green Chinese pig has given birth to two piglets which share their mother's transgenic characteristic after she mated with an ordinary pig, state media said.
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Several influential EU states have dug  in their heels on whether their farmers may grow one of  Europe&#39;s oldest genetically modified (GMO) crops, raising the  stakes in the EU&#39;s long-running stalemate over biotech policy.
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Genes from a biotech turf grass have spread as much as 13 miles from a test plot - a discovery that confirms the ability of altered traits to spread great distances into the wild on wind-borne pollen.
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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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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¦