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UK and World News - 1999 Archive
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News items from 1999
30 December 1999 - Portugal green groups urge wider gene maize ban (Reuters)
30 December 1999 - Whole Foods, Wild Oats Chains to Ban Gene-Altered Ingredients (Bloomberg)
27 December 1999 - As Biotech Frankenfoods are stuffed down their throats, consumers rebel (The Nation)
27 December 1999 - GMO crop use may boost food costs (Reuters/Chicago Fed.)
25 December 1999 - Body blow for free trade (BBC News)
24 December 1999 - People power blow to GM food (Daily Express UK) - Credit Suisse warns against GM
23 December 1999 - Czech govt approves plan to regulate GM foods (Reuters)
22 December 1999 - South Africa's Woolworths bans GM foods (Reuters)
22 December 1999 - GM-free canteen for Monsanto staff (BBC News)
22 December 1999 - GM food banned in Monsanto canteen (Independent, UK)
22 December 1999 - Agribusiness fears dog Monsanto, Pharmacia (Reuters)
21 December 1999 - Investors sour on Drug Merger (New York Times)
21 December 1999 - Monsanto pays GM price (Guardian UK)
20 December 1999 - Italy suspends seven GM food products (Reuters)
20 December 1999 - Rocky Outlook for Genetically Engineered Crops (New York Times)
20 December 1999 - Monsanto in 32bn merger (PA News)
20 December 1999 - Terminator is dead (Reuters)
20 December 1999 - Corporate America faces GM onslaught (Guardian UK)
20 December 1999 - UK Supermarkets Move Out of GM-fed Animal Products (Friends of the Earth)
17 December 1999 - European Parliament bans GM food (Friends of the Earth)
17 December 1999 - Italy suspends seven GM food products (Reuters)
16 December 1999 - British green groups welcome Monsanto lawsuit (Reuters)
16 December 1999 - Biotech crop allegations against Monsanto detailed (Reuters)
16 December 1999 - Portuguese farm leader backs suit vs Monsanto (Reuters)
16 December 1999 - Still bent on world conquest (Guardian UK)
15 December 1999 - Dig them up! Farmers urged to remove illegal crops (Friends of the Earth)
15 December 1999 - Dutch corn gluten market on hold on GMO worries (Reuters)
15 December 1999 - Monsanto Sued Over Use of Biotechnology in Developing Seeds (New York Times)
15 December 1999 - Rush to patent genes stalls cures for disease (Guardian UK)
15 December 1999 - French farmer blames Monsanto for GM woe (Reuters)
15 December 1999 - Welsh shoppers still worried about GM food (BBC News)
14 December 1999 - Monsanto Says Lawsuit Based on Unfounded Claims (PR Newswire)
14 December 1999 - Open Letter from World Scientists to All Governments
14 December 1999 - EU takes tough stand on GMO trade negotiations (Reuters)
14 December 1999 - Japan to tighten GMO approval procedures (Reuters)
13 December 1999 - EU loath to use law on national GMO bans (Reuters)
13 December 1999 - EU to fight for GM food ban (BBC News)
8 December 1999 - Brazil state pays farmers to rip out GM soybeans (Reuters)
8 December 1999 - Activists stop bio-tech corn (IPS)
7 December 1999 - Police end GM food blockade in Hamburg (Reuters)
5 December 1999 - Church bans GM crop trials on its land (Daily Telegraph UK)
3 December 1999 - GM food claims a new scalp (Guardian UK)
1 December 1999 - Growing evidence of widespread GMO contamination (American Chemical Society)
1 December 1999 - Council opens GM-detector lab (BBC News)
1 December 1999 - Documents Show Officials Disagreed on Altered Food (New York Times)
1 December 1999 - WTO 'seizing control of GM trade' (BBC News)
1 December 1999 - Cargill eyeing non-GM soy for European customers (Reuters)
1 December 1999 - Insecticide from GM corn seeps into soil (Reuters)
30 November 1999 - Within the FDA, a dispute on food (Philadelphia Enquirer)
30 November 1999 - Tighten bio-food rules, consumers tell U.S. FDA (Reuters)
30 November 1999 - Church of England urged to reject move by the Ministry of Agriculture (PA News)
29 November 1999 - EU parliament demands more power over GMOs (Reuters)
29 November 1999 - More than half of French people oppose or fear GM foods (AP)
29 November 1999 - Greenpeace challenges President's Choice and Betty Crocker to eliminate Frankspuds, following McCain's lead (CNW)
25 November 1999 - Church decision on GM crops imminent : disinvest in GM shares (Christian Ecology Link)
24 November 1999 - GM crop warning for US farmers (BBC News)
22 November 1999 - Genetic patenting row looms over WTO talks (Guardian UK)
21 November 1999 - Church Commissioners drawn into GM crop dispute (Observer UK)
20 November 1999 - Monsanto's modified soya beans are cracking up in the heat (New Scientist UK)
19 November 1999 - Corn growers tell farmers not to wait on WTO meeting... (American Corn Growers Association)
19 November 1999 - Midwest farmers lose faith they had in biotech crops (Wallstreet Journal)
19 November 1999 - Asia's place in the GM debate (Planet Ark)
18 November 1999 - Council's ban on GM crops (Stratford-upon-Avon Herald UK)
18 November 1999 - Cutback on GMOs (AP)
17 November 1999 - U.S. farmers at crossroads as GM debate swirls (Planet Ark)
17 November 1999 - Tough times ahead for U.S. seed makers (Planet Ark)
17 November 1999 - Australia has non-GM export opportunity (Planet Ark)
15 November 1999 - Anti Organics Campaigner Funded By Monsanto (Green Party)
14 November 1999 - M&S cashes in on the GM free revolution (Sunday Mirror UK)
14 November 1999 - Monsanto faces its many options (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
11 November 1999 - US begins GM food debate (BBC News)
11 November 1999 - Lawmakers seek special labelling for genetically engineered food (CNN)
10 November 1999 - Forests in danger from GM super-tree says WWF (Guardian)
9 November 1999 - European Court to hear French GM maize challenge (Reuters)
9 November 1999 - Green group warns on GM tree development (Reuters)
8 November 1999 - Genetix Snowball court case (Genetix Snowball UK)
7 November 1999 - Iceland boss to freeze out meat reared on GM feed (Iceland)
6 November 1999 - Three year pause to assess effects of GM crops (Guardian UK)
6 November 1999 - Chinese legislator calls for GM regulation (AP World News)
6 November 1999 - New worries on GM foods (Eastern Daily Press UK)
5 November 1999 - US democrats urge labels on biotech foods (Reuters)
5 November 1999 - GM crops may enter food chain via animal feed, Government admits (PA News)
5 November 1999 - Brakes put on GM industry (BBC News)
4 November 1999 - Iceland's food safety campaign leads to egg colouring ban (Guardian UK)
3 November 1999 - Reassessing Ecological Risks of Genetically Altered Plants (New York Times)
2 November 1999 - Japan grain-non-GM crops bought with high premiums (Reuters)
1 November 1999 - Pro-GM food scientist 'threatened editor' (Guardian UK)
1 November 1999 - Corn Growers Meet With Secretary Glickman to Urge USDA to Abandon Terminator Technology (PR Newswire)
30 October 1999 - Genetically Modified food and consumers (BBC News)
29 October 1999 - USDA Must Abandon Terminator Technology (RAFI)
28 October 1999 - GM firms silent as Whitehall shifts its policy (Eastern Daily Press UK)
28 October 1999 - Britain to extend GM trials (AP)
27 October 1999 - EU assembly calls for rethink on GM food labels (Reuters)
26 October 1999 - Corn Growers Publish Results of Elevator Survey as Part of Broader Program on GMO Alternatives (American Corn Growers Association)
26 October 1999 - Crop busters take on Monsanto (Washington Post)
25 October 1999 - Iceland's freeze on danger sweetener (Daily Mail UK)
25 October 1999 - Market will decide extent of GM planting (Reuters)
25 October 1999 - GM farmers advised to use federal loan programs (Reuters)
22 October 1999 - Ministers likely to maintain plan for GM food (Sydney Morning Herald)
22 October 1999 - Monsanto pressured to sell off GM assets (Guardian UK)
22 October 1999 - GMs 'consumer unfriendly' (Farmers Weekly UK)
22 October 1999 - GMO free livestock feed may be next biotech issue (Reuters)
22 October 1999 - EU may tread fine line on GMOs in WTO talks (Reuters)
21 October 1999 - Corn growers believe future of GMO crops remains uncertain (American Corn Growers Association)
21 October 1999 - GM crops have significant snags (BBC News)
21 October 1999 - Ethics tests on GM foods urged (Guardian UK)
20 October 1999 - EU to decide on GM food labelling rules (Reuters)
19 October 1999 - US regulators take new look at biotech foods (Reuters)
19 October 1999 - Public concern on GM crops 'not irrational' (Guardian UK)
18 October 1999 - Ministers ignoring public on GM food (BBC News)
18 October 1999 - Time Daily Poll (Time)
15 October 1999 - GM free feed cannot meet rising demand (Farmers Guardian UK)
15 October 1999 - Gene-altered food study fuels a fire (Washington Post)
15 October 1999 - GM controversy intensifies (BBC News)
15 October 1999 - Australia shrinks from GM crops (Reuters)
14 October 1999 - Japan Furor over Gene-Altered Food Products (IPS)
13 October 1999 - Biotech industry attacked (Guardian UK)
13 October 1999 - Backlash for GM dissenters (BBC News)
12 October 1999 - Glyphosphate [Roundup] may be banned by EU (Channel 4 UK)
11 October 1999 - Monsanto weedkiller wipes out beneficial insects (Independent UK)
10 October 1999 - Labour sues for peace on GM Foods (Independent on Sunday UK)
10 October 1999 - US alarm grows over GM foods (Sunday Telegraph)
9 October 1999 - How Monsanto's mind was changed (Guardian UK)
8 October 1999 - US lawmaker plans genetic food label legislation (Reuters)
7 October 1999 - Hain Food's New Labelling May Prompt U.S. Shoppers to Demand 'Biotech-Free' (Wall Street Journal)
6 October 1999 - Greenpeace and Monsanto spell out GM creeds (BBC News)
6 October 1999 - Call for tougher GM tests (BBC News)
5 October 1999 - Public outcry over genetically modified foods has the U.S. agricultural industry backpedaling (Los Angeles Times)
5 October 1999 - Future clouded for GM crops in US (BBC News)
5 October 1999 - Terminator gene halt a 'major U-turn' (BBC News)
5 October 1999 - Japan soybean futures down as GM products shunned (Dow Jones)
5 October 1999 - Concern remains as Monsanto drops gene (New York Times)
5 October 1999 - Farmers welcome halt of terminator (BBC News)
5 October 1999 - Journal to publish GM food hazards research (Guardian UK)
4 October 1999 - GM safety research stokes new row (BBC News)
3 October 1999 - Monsanto stock takes a beating amid biotech worries (St Louis Post-Despatch)
1 October 1999 - Iceland Group mulls ban on Aspartame sweetener (Financial Times UK)
30 September 1999 - New fears over GM crops (BBC News)
30 September 1999 - UK has new scare on genetic pollen spreading (Reuters)
29 September 1999 - GM pollen found miles from trial site (Friends of the Earth)
29 September 1999 - Brazil state launches "counter attack" on GM crops (Reuters)
27 September 1999 - Cunningham sidesteps ban on GM crops (Daily Mail UK)
27 September 1999 - Food giant : We'll keep on using GM methods (London Evening Standard)
27 September 1999 - Monsanto rethinking UK strategy (Reuters)
27 September 1999 - Thailand to declare GMO-free zones (Japan Economic Newswire)
26 September 1999 - Danes unwrap GM Christmas Tree (Observer UK)
26 September 1999 - Blair denies interest in GM (BBC News)
26 September 1999 - Monsanto bows to pressure (BBC News)
23 September 1999 - Commons caterers serve up GM embarrassment for Blair (Guardian UK)
23 September 1999 - Frankenstein's Harvest - North American Farmers Face Catch 22 (Canada Newswire)
22 September 1999 - Liberal Democrats talk tough on GM (BBC News)
22 September 1999 - Council feels the heat (Edinburgh Evening News)
21 September 1999 - Pesticide safety limit raised 200 times 'to suit GM industry' (Daily Mail UK)
20 September 1999 - UK government will not contest GM crop challenge (Reuters)
20 September 1999 - Green campaigners plead not guilty to damaging GM crop (PA News)
20 September 1999 - Corn growers forecast dramatic drop in GMO planted corn acres next year (American Corn Growers Association)
19 September 1999 - Seed varieties disappearing (AP)
19 September 1999 - "Women say NO to GMOs" campaign and petition launched
19 September 1999 - Frozen Food supplier first to go GM-free (Telegraph)
18 September 1999 - Papers gloat at GM setback (BBC News)
18 September 1999 - Fast food chains ban GM (BBC News)
17 September 1999 - Government acted illegally on GM (BBC News)
17 September 1999 - Genetically Modified Confusion (Washington Post)
17 September 1999 - US shipping GM maize to Russia illegally (Reuters)
16 September 1999 - Novartis to rethink its role in GM foods (Guardian UK)
16 September 1999 - Leading European dog food maker eschews GM (Reuters)
15 September 1999 - Novartis eyes ag chem divestment (Reuters)
15 September 1999 - Monsanto fears trial sabotage (New Zealand Press Association)
14 September 1999 - GM seed-sellers named in lawsuit (Guardian UK)
14 September 1999 - Underground group strikes second genetic engineering giant in Minnesota (Genetix)
14 September 1999 - Underground group attacks UCB genetic engineering test site (Genetix)
14 September 1999 - Tories demand GM enquiry (BBC News)
14 September 1999 - Organic farming can 'feed the world' (BBC News)
14 September 1999 - Genetic food fight heats up (Agence France Presse)
13 September 1999 - Restaurants set to miss GM deadline (BBC News)
12 September 1999 - Food War Claims Its Casualties - High-Tech Crop Fight Victimizes Farmers (Washington Post)
12 September 1999 - GM martyr ignites global protest (Observer UK)
10 September 1999 - Blow to British biotech (BBC News)
9 September 1999 - Strategic Diagnostics offers cheap gene crop test (Reuters)
9 September 1999 - GM backlash leaves US farmers wondering how to sell their crops (Nature)
8 September 1999 - Farmer pulls the plug on key GM trial (Daily Mail UK)
8 September 1999 - US grain merchants paying premium prices for non-GMO crop (Reuters)
8 September 1999 - Itochu [Japan] to segregate non-GM food soybeans (Reuters)
7 September 1999 - Investors' caution puts GM firm out of business (PA News)
7 September 1999 - GM backlash hits biotech company (BBC News)
7 September 1999 - New GM warning over danger chemicals entering food chain (Daily Express)
6 September 1999 - EU to place new curbs on feed additives (Wall Street Journal Europe)
6 September 1999 - Europe moves against GM food research (Times UK)
6 September 1999 - France to stand firm on GMOs at WTO meet - Chirac (Reuters)
6 September 1999 - Warning on GM crop safety tests (BBC News)
6 September 1999 - Wales assembly pressure over GM crops ban (BBC News)
6 September 1999 - Charity warns against GM seed (BBC News)
5 September 1999 - GM bosses want to pull out of UK (Independent UK)
4 September 1999 - GM Food 'more worrying than BSE' (BBC News)
3 September 1999 - ADM Segregation Announcement Throws Grain Industry into Turmoil (Grainnet)
3 September 1999 - GM theory requires facts (Farmers Weekly)
3 September 1999 - Canadian groups join in anti-GM food fight (Reuters)
3 September 1999 - South Koreans say GM foods should be labelled (Reuters)
2 September 1999 - GM Food : Health Monitoring in Chaos (FoE)
1 September 1999 - Japan food maker to drop gene-altered soybeans (Reuters)
29 August 1999 - GM crops aren't selling (NY Times)
27 August 1999 - Thailand urged to enlist ASEAN in genetic food fight (AFP)
26 August 1999 - Ministers shelve GM crop testing for judicial review (Guardian UK)
26 August 1999 - Sapporo [Japan] to shun GM corn, others may follow suit (Reuters)
26 August 1999 - French minister hits U.S. agribusiness at Green meet (Reuters)
25 August 1999 - GM industry faces collapse, says bank (Daily Mail UK)
25 August 1999 - GM investors told to sell their shares (Guardian UK)
25 August 1999 - Corn Growers Call on Farmers to Consider Alternatives to GMO's (PRNewswire)
25 August 1999 - German EDEKA Supermarket rejects GM ingredients (EDEKA-In German)
25 August 1999 - US Consumers Union Calls for Labeling Gene-Altered Foods (Dow Jones)
24 August 1999 - 'Seeds of Resistance' cut down genetically altered corn (CNN)
23 August 1999 - Environment group taking UK Government to court on GM trial (Reuters)
21 August 1999 - 'Rules bent' to rush through new GM licences (Guardian UK)
21 August 1999 - French farmers dump manure at McDonalds restaurant (Reuters)
19 August 1999 - Wallstrom pledges new initiative on GMOs (Reuters)
19 August 1999 - M&S to remove GM products from animal feed (BBC News)
19 August 1999 - Rivals' anger at Sainsbury GM claims (BBC News)
19 August 1999 - A price worth paying? (BBC News)
18 August 1999 - Monsanto's Genetically Modified milk ruled unsafe by the United Nations (NPICenter)
16 August 1999 - Shoppers raise GM food fears (BBC News)
15 August 1999 - Next Food Fight Brewing is over Listing Genes on Labels (Washington Post)
15 August 1999 - GM police to guard crop trials (Independent UK)
14 August 1999 - Four new GM sites named (BBC News)
13 August 1999 - U.S. warns EU of future problems over biotechnology (Reuters)
13 August 1999 - Secure zone plan for GM crop testing (Daily Telegraph)
12 August 1999 - pushes end to production of genetically altered food (Earth Times)
12 August 1999 - GM Crop May Aid Weeds (SCiENCE)
11 August 1999 - Monsanto ads censured (Reuters)
11 August 1999 - GM food firm rapped over adverts (BBC News)
11 August 1999 - Advertising Standards Agency tells Monsanto to stop making GM safety claim (Independent UK)
11 August 1999 - Monsanto misleading (BBC News)
11 August 1999 - India to contest US patent of Basmati rice (indiainfo.com)
10 August 1999 - EU postpones vote on new genetically modified crops (Reuters)
9 August 1999 - New European commission mulls GMO shake-up (Reuters)
5 August 1999 - Pest may beat GM insecticide (BBC News)
5 August 1999 - Monsanto Faces Growing Skepticism on Two Fronts (New York Times)
5 August 1999 - Japan risks U.S. ire with GMO label plan (Reuters)
4 August 1999 - Church ban on GM crop trials (Independent UK)
4 August 1999 - Test experts paid by GM firm (Guardian UK)
4 August 1999 - AstraZeneca goes cold on GM crops (Guardian UK)
4 August 1999 - 'Tumour link' to sweetener study (Independent UK)
4 August 1999 - Gerber ends use of GM ingredients (CNN)
4 August 1999 - Australia, NZ require mandatory labels on GM food (Reuters)
3 August 1999 - AstraZeneca profits fall (BBC News)
3 August 1999 - Cancer study into artificial sweetener (BBC News)
2 August 1999 - GM maize is found in baby foods (Independent UK)
1 August 1999 - Today's vandal will be tomorrow's hero (Independent UK)
1 August 1999 - GM crop protesters arrested (BBC News)
1 August 1999 - GM soya milk gives children herpes (Sunday Telegraph)
31 July 1999 - Modified Crop Protesters Arrested (AP)
31 July 1999 - Spread of fear that creates a coalition (Guardian UK)
30 July 1999 - Genetically-Altered Baby Foods Are Being Rejected -- by Adults (Wall Street Journal)
30 July 1999 - Baby Food Maker Cautious on Grain (AP)
30 July 1999 - German Supermarket chain removes Genetically Modified ingredients from own brand products (Greenpeace Germany-in German)
30 July 1999 - Japan Drafts Law On Labeling Gene-Altered Food (Nikkei)
29 July 1999 - GM firms are the real green vandals (Edinburgh Evening News)
29 July 1999 - GM salmon prompts safety pledge (BBC News)
29 July 1999 - GM crop attack hits 'vital research' (BBC News)
29 July 1999 - No regrets over GM protest - Melchett (BBC News)
28 July 1999 - Round-up Ready corn under attack in California
28 July 1999 - GM crops get police protection (BBC News)
27 July 1999 - US warns Japan against making GM labels mandatory (Reuters)
27 July 1999 - MAFF Reveals New Scientific Findings Confirming Fears Over Health Hazards of GMOs (Institute of Science in Society)
27 July 1999 - Lord Melchett refused bail (BBC News)
27 July 1999 - Court appearances after GM protest (BBC News)
26 July 1999 - Greenpeace Lord arrested at GM trashing (Farmers Weekly)
26 July 1999 - GM crop destroyed in green protest (BBC News)
26 July 1999 - Greenpeace chief among 30 arrested for destroying crop trial (CNN)
26 July 1999 - Researcher Questions Nutritional Value of Genetically Altered Crops (San Francisco Chronicle)
25 July 1999 - GM crop on trial in Britain banned by Swiss (Independent on Sunday UK) - UK continues to test a crop which has already been banned by another country
25 July 1999 - Organic picnic slams GM food (BBC News)
24 July 1999 - GM crop test row (BBC News)
23 July 1999 - Outrage over GM spin team (Daily Express)
23 July 1999 - Cost is counted of GM protest (Farmers Weekly)
23 July 1999 - Monsanto to topple Brazil GM soy ruling (Reuters)
22 July 1999 - Consumers mop up in milk war (Guardian UK)
22 July 1999 - Charles walks into GM crop debate (BBC News)
21 July 1999 - New Euro 'GM Free' Laws leave loophole (Independent UK)
19 July 1999 - Brussels can't afford to wage a GM food fight (Guardian UK)
19 July 1999 - Protesters trample field after peaceful demo (Guardian UK)
19 July 1999 - Sainsbury's bans GM Food (BBC News)
19 July 1999 - Supermarket goes GM free (BBC News)
18 July 1999 - Eco-Warriors Stop the GM Crop (Mike Addelman)
18 July 1999 - Watlington Report (Keith Parkins)
18 July 1999 - Protestors rip up GM crops (BBC News)
18 July 1999 - GM protestors arrested as crops ripped up (BBC News)
16 July 1999 - Companies hang fire with GM seed in face of 'antis' (Farmers Weekly)
15 July 1999 - GM industry turns on its latest critics (Independent UK)
14 July 1999 - US farmers fear GM crop fallout (BBC News)
14 July 1999 - US to label GM foods (BBC News)
13 July 1999 - Monsanto : The seeds of dispute (Financial Times UK)
13 July 1999 - Europe's GM battles (BBC News)
13 July 1999 - Speech by Dan Glickman (USDA)
12 July 1999 - UK's only GM trees destroyed by activists (GEN Press Release)
12 July 1999 - Villagers concerned about effects of maize test (Eastern Daily Press UK)
12 July 1999 - Ag Biotech: Thanks, But No Thanks?" (Deutsche Bank)
11 July 1999 - Fury as CIA admits spying on British environment minister (Daily Telegraph)
10 July 1999 - Greenpeace Mexico delivers GMO Corn Seed to Health Department, demands import ban (Greenpeace Mexico)
8 July 1999 - GM farms use more pesticides (Times UK)
8 July 1999 - Famine solution claims by GM firms exposed (Daily Mail UK)
8 July 1999 - Modified crops do not yield more (Independent UK)
7 July 1999 - Prince backs GM food campaigner (BBC News)
5 July 1999 - Labour Party invests in GM foods (Guardian UK)
4 July 1999 - Monsanto's lobby firm pays key MP (Observer UK)
3 July 1999 - Treated crops may induce allergies (Science News)
2 July 1999 - Two-year block for GMs (Farmers Weekly)
2 July 1999 - Greenpeace calls on EU to withdraw gene maize (Reuters)
1 July 1999 - GM trial panel welcomed (BBC News)
30 June 1999 - Marks & Spencer first to go GM free (BBC News)
30 June 1999 - Farmers welcome GM-free Wales call (BBC News)
29 June 1999 - GM food controls on menu for Wales (BBC News)
27 June 1999 - USDA pushing Gene Foods on Third World (Pakistan Observer)
26 June 1999 - Italy says consumer at risk without GM moratorium (Reuters)
25 June 1999 - EU clamps down on GM foods (BBC News)
22 June 1999 - Stores unite for GM free food (BBC News)
22 June 1999 - Brazil prohibits commercialisation of GM crops (Greenpeace Brazil)
22 June 1999 - Global GM crop investigation begins (BBC News)
20 June 1999 - World's top sweetener is made with GM bacteria (Independent on Sunday UK)
20 June 1999 - GM Food threatens the planet (Observer UK)
19 June 1999 - Genetically Altered Food debated (Washington Post)
18 June 1999 - FDA under pressure on GM foods (Financial Times UK)
18 June 1999 - GM Trials warning (Farming News)
17 June 1999 - Debate refused on GM crops risk (BBC News)
17 June 1999 - Petition to US Congress seeks labels on transgenic foods (Reuters)
17 June 1999 - UK Government's GM policy in disarray (Independent UK)
16 June 1999 - GM meetings revealed (BBC News)
11 June 1999 - Public mood hits GM trials (BBC News)
10 June 1999 - British food manufacturers turn backs on GM food (Independent UK)
10 June 1999 - Greens call for total GM ban (BBC News)
10 June 1999 - Sir Paul's GM food pledge (BBC News)
10 June 1999 - Indian farmers protest in Geneva (BBC News)
9 June 1999 - Greens call for total GM ban (BBC News)
7 June 1999 - Blair softens stance on GM Foods (Guardian UK)
7 June 1999 - Farmer destroys GM crop trial (BBC News)
6 June 1999 - Blair's appeal over GM foods (BBC News)
1 June 1999 - GM food ban call (BBC News)
1 June 1999 - GM debate refuses to go away (BBC News)
1 June 1999 - Prince sparks GM food row (BBC News)
1 June 1999 - Prince leads fight against GM food (BBC News)
1 June 1999 - Prince warned of GM minefield (BBC News)
31 May 1999 - Charity's concern over GM foods (BBC News)
27 May 1999 - Where now for GM crops? (BBC News)
27 May 1999 - Firm ditches GM trials after attacks (BBC News)
27 May 1999 - Blair criticises GM hysteria (BBC News)
23 May 1999 - People distrust Government on GM foods (Independent on Sunday UK)
23 May 1999 - Exposed : Labour's real aim on GM food (Independent on Sunday UK)
22 May 1999 - GM measures scorned (Guardian UK)
21 May 1999 - Large Canada corn miller turns down GM corn (Reuters)
20 May 1999 - Blair wrong on GM crops says chief government scientist (Independent UK)
20 May 1999 - Modified pollen kills threatened butterflies (Independent UK)
20 May 1999 - Pollen From Genetically Altered Corn Threatens Monarch Butterfly, Study
Finds (NY Times)
19 May 1999 - GM pollen 'can kill butterflies' (BBC News)
19 May 1999 - GM pollen warning to organic farmers (BBC News)
18 May 1999 - UK Doctors call for labelling of GM food (Washington Post)
17 May 1999 - British Medical Association (BMA) calls for ban on GM crops and food
10 May 1999 - GM free food supply under threat (Chistian Aid)
9 May 1999 - GM Third World warning (BBC News)
7 May 1999 - GM pests bite back (BBC News)
2 May 1999 - Monsanto investigators accused of trespassing (Washington Post)
2 May 1999 - Ministers told to study GM food cancer risks (Independent on Sunday UK)
2 May 1999 - GM Foods - Countdown to a consumer victory (Independent on Sunday UK)
2 May 1999 - GM Foods - Victory for grass roots action (Independent on Sunday UK)
30 Apr 1999 - Growing concern over GM materials in animal feeds (Farmers Guardian UK)
30 Apr 1999 - UK government denies split over GM testing (Reuters)
29 Apr 1999 - Blair refuses to ban GM crop testing in Britain (Reuters)
29 Apr 1999 - Media lashed for GM scare stories (BBC News)
29 Apr 1999 - Nestle joins GM ban (BBC News)
28 Apr 1999 - Tesco and Unilever ban Genetically Manipulated products (Independent UK)
28 Apr 1999 - GM food policy here to stay (BBC News)
26 Apr 1999 - Scientists warn of GM Crops Link to Meningitis (Daily Mail UK)
23 Apr 1999 - GM food bosses face roasting (BBC News)
21 Apr 1999 - Top UK chefs and restaurants join Greenpeace's campaign against genetically modified food (Greenpeace)
21 Apr 1999 - Chefs take GM food off the menu (BBC News)
20 Apr 1999 - Oilseed gene leak 'unsurprising' (BBC News)
20 Apr 1999 - Chief scientist backs GM (BBC News)
17 Apr 1999 - Unpalatable truths (New Scientist)
17 Apr 1999 - GM crop trials go ahead (Independent UK)
12 Apr 1999 - Leading geneticist urges GM caution (BBC News)
9 Apr 1999 - GM crop trial 'illegal' (BBC News)
9 Apr 1999 - Meacher: GM crop trial will stay (BBC News)
9 Apr 1999 - Monsanto legal move sparks civil rights row (Independent UK)
1 Apr 1999 - Perils of far-flung pollen (BBC News)
31 Mar 1999 - National Trust makes statement on GM crops and food (National Trust)
18 Mar 1999 - Restaurants told: Label GM food (BBC News)
18 Mar 1999 - Fines back up GM labelling rules (BBC News)
18 Mar 1999 - A plate full of trouble (BBC News)
18 Mar 1999 - No test for GM food (BBC News)
17 Mar 1999 - Accusations fly over GM food fears (BBC News)
17 Mar 1999 - GM food: A political hot potato (BBC News)
17 Mar 1999 - Sainsbury's phase out GM food (BBC News)
17 Mar 1999 - Genetic food ban call (BBC News)
8 Mar 1999 - Fast food outlets turn against GM food (BBC News)
8 Mar 1999 - Parliament ponders GM potatoes (BBC News)
6 Mar 1999 - GM row scientist 'misrepresented' (BBC News)
4 Mar 1999 - Biotechnology giant stalks the countryside (BBC News)
2 Mar 1999 - GM pollen warning (BBC News)
28 Feb 1999 - Third World rejects GM (Independent on Sunday UK)
25 Feb 1999 - GM Food to be taken off menu in schools (Guardian UK)
24 Feb 1999 - Consumers Call for Endorsement of Milk Production Boosting Hormone BST to be Withdrawn (Consumers International)
23 Feb 1999 - US 'wrecking' GM talks (BBC News)
21 Feb 1999 - Prince 'asked to curb GM attacks'
20 Feb 1999 - Events in Brussels and London in March 1999 - make your voice heard
20 Feb 1999 - PM puts science above 'scares' (BBC News)
20 Feb 1999 - Blair again backs genetically modified foods (BBC News)
19 Feb 1999 - No 10 takes GM defence online (BBC News)
18 Feb 1999 - GM Inspection Regime a Mockery
18 Feb 1999 - 'U-turn' on GM food (BBC News)
18 Feb 1999 - GM food - You say no (BBC News)
17 Feb 1999 - GM firms fined for safety breach (BBC News)
17 Feb 1999 - GM foods Environmental concerns (BBC News)
17 Feb 1999 - Sainsbury had official GM food role (Independent UK)
17 Feb 1999 - GM foods: What's the hurry? (BBC News)
17 Feb 1999 - Anti-organic and flawed (New York Times)
16 Feb 1999 - Government defends GM crops (BBC News)
16 Feb 1999 - Blair sucked deeper into food row (BBC News)
16 Feb 1999 - Sainsbury denies conflict of interest (BBC News)
16 Feb 1999 - Genetic food freeze call (BBC News)
16 Feb 1999 - Food fears 'frustrate' Blair (BBC News)
16 Feb 1999 - GM soya in Linda McCartney mince (BBC News)
15 Feb 1999 - More trouble for sick biotech group (BBC News)
15 Feb 1999 - Government covered up food report (BBC News)
14 Feb 1999 - Science minister, Lord Sainsbury, linked to GM food firms (BBC News)
14 Feb 1999 - Genetic food furore (BBC News)
12 Feb 1999 - GM foods: Environmental concerns (BBC News)
12 Feb 1999 - English Nature clarifies its position on Genetically Modified crops
12 Feb 1999 - Genetic food raises health concerns (BBC News)
12 Feb 1999 - Fears erupt over genetic food (BBC News)
12 Feb 1999 - No need to ban genetic foods (BBC News)
6 Feb 1999 - French supermarket chain Carrefour bans GM food (Daily Mail UK)
4 Feb 1999 - MP links GM food to 37 deaths (Guardian UK)
31 Jan 1999 - Scientist in "Frankenstein food" alert is proved right (Daily Mail UK)
27 Jan 1999 - Superbugs possible from genetically modified food (BBC News)
25 Jan 1999 - Naturalists decry genetic crops all-clear (BBC News)
Sceptical? Here's proof
from Hansard (20 July 1998), that British politicians are testing GM food on the public, but won't eat it themselves.
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