USDA verifies 10-minute test for GM rice
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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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Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.
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Having completed a years-long scientific review, the Food and Drug Administration is set to announce as early as next week that meat and milk from cloned farm animals and their offspring can start making their way toward supermarket shelves, sources in contact with the agency said yesterday.
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The U.S. Agriculture Department expected test results late Wednesday on whether soybean rust had infected another Louisiana field, the sixth in a week, a spokesman said.
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Tough food safety precautions and produce-tracking systems implemented last year after a fatal E. coli outbreak were put to the test when spinach from a produce company came up positive for salmonella bacteria, prompting a new recall.
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An animal suspected of having mad cow disease was given a clean bill of health in a second round of sophisticated testing, the US Agriculture
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US wheat futures break through $10 a bushel for the first time fanning fears about food price inflation.
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The US Department of Agriculture&#39;s Animal and Plant Inspection Service on Wednesday confirmed the presence of soybean rust on a soybean leaf samples taken from two plots associated with a Louisiana State University research farm Nov. 6.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday banned farmers from planting a variety of rice containing genetically modified material that has not been approved by the government, and it told growers to destroy any plantings of the seed.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture  on Friday banned farmers from planting a variety of rice  containing genetically modified material that has not been  approved by the government, and it told growers to destroy any  plantings of the seed.
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OMAHA -- Testing of peanut butter jars obtained from people sickened by salmonella has confirmed the presence of the dangerous germ, the Centers for Disease Control said yesterday .
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The US gives initial backing to growing rice modified with human proteins that could produce medicine.
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A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states
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The Agriculture Department has given a preliminary green light for the first commercial production of a food crop engineered to contain human genes, reigniting fears that biomedically potent substances in high-tech plants could escape and turn up in other foods.
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The Agriculture Department last night took the unusual step of insisting that U.S. farmers refrain from planting a popular variety of long-grain rice because preliminary tests showed that its seed stock may be contaminated with a variety of gene-altered rice not approved for marketing in the United...
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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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U.S. farmers are keeping a tight hold  on their freshly harvested rice crop, waiting for prices to  recover after an unapproved biotech variety was found in  regular supplies, trade sources said.