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News items from 2000

29 December 2000 - How the Net has
driven the GM food debate (just-food.com)
23 December 2000 - BSE: Europe admits it's mad (New Scientist)
19 December 2000 - Japan Again Finds StarLink, Asks U.S. to Halt Shipment (Reuters)
19 December 2000 - Allergy fears trigger action on GM maize (Bangkok Post)
18 December 2000 - U.S.-E.U. Panel Urges Review of Biotech Foods (Reuters)
18 December 2000 - Panel Backs Stronger Rules for Some Food (New York Times)
18 December 2000 - Pioneer postpones 6 hybrids for 2001 that aren't cleared in EU (Pro Farmer)
13 December 2000 - Gardenburger Announces Move to Non-Genetically Altered Soy Decision Prompted by Consumer Preference (Gardenburger)
12 December 2000 - FDA to Ban Gene Researcher? (Wired News)
12 December 2000 - Soya importer announces its intention to go GE-free in France - UK urged to follow suit (Greenpeace)
11 December 2000 - StarLink "possibility" stalls trainload sale off the farm (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
11 December 2000 - USA: Time has come to assess full impact of StarLink (just-food.com)
11 December 2000 - Gene-Altered Corn Changes Dynamics of Grain Industry (New York Times)
11 December 2000 - Scientists gang up on organics (New Statesman)
11 December 2000 - Medical Research Council Acknowledges GM Food Risks - Human Studies Proposed (ISIS)
11 December 2000 - Greenpeace prevents unloading of genetically engineered soya shipment from the US (Greenpeace)
11 December 2000 - Greenpeace Survey Reveals Which Christmas Turkeys are GM Free (Greenpeace)
9 December 2000 - Ban on import of oil from GM oilseeds likely (Financial Express India)
9 December 2000 - Deadly GM chemical warning (The Scotsman)
9 December 2000 - Genetically engineered corn affects Cheetos supply (AP)
8 December 2000 - Biotech's Foes Are Taken Seriously Now (Progressive Farmer)
8 December 2000 - Another contamination scare dents US biotech hopes (Farmers Weekly)
8 December 2000 - U.S. ministry to check animal feed for GM corn (Kyodo News)
7 December 2000 - Reject gene-altered corn (USA Today)
6 December 2000 - Canadian farm group calls for moratorium on GM foods (Reuters)
5 December 2000 - Scientific doubts about GM corn (BBC News)
5 December 2000 - U.S. Science Panel Concerned StarLink Corn Allergenic (Reuters)
5 December 2000 - Brazilian poultry producer fined for feeding GMO corn (AFP)
4 December 2000 - Aventis to repay grain handlers for bio-corn (Reuters)
4 December 2000 - Negligence Suit Is Filed Over Altered Corn (New York Times)
3 December 2000 - Greenpeace block GM bean shipment (Reuters)
1 December 2000 - Altered Pollen May Harm Monarchs (AP)
28 November 2000 - Largest Czech supermarket to stop selling food (just-food.com)
27 November 2000 - Corporate saboteurs (Forbes Magazine)
24 November 2000 - Germany meets biotech firms on restricting GM food (Reuters)
24 November 2000 - Company Says Tracing Problem Corn May Take Weeks (New York Times)
24 November 2000 - Buy Nothing Day
23 November 2000 - Aventis gets short shrift over release of modified corn (Nature)
23 November 2000 - Aventis faces $6m bill after soya fails (Financial Times UK)
23 November 2000 - It's Not Bootiful - It's Genetically Modified! (Greenpeace)
22 November 2000 - Processors caution farmers on sowing biotech seeds (Reuters)
22 November 2000 - Second corn variety producing Cry9C (UPI)
22 November 2000 - Disaster Of The Day: Aventis Corn Monster (Forbes)
22 November 2000 - Corn leaving bad taste in world markets as GMO worries build (Reuters)
22 November 2000 - Aventis Says More Genetically Altered Corn Has Been Found (New York Times)
21 November 2000 - Soya mill protest ends (BBC News)
Soya mill protest ends (21 November 2000) 21 November 2000 - Legal issues of biotech questioned (PR Newswire)
21 November 2000 - Farm groups want Aventis held liable for bio-corn (Reuters)
20 November 2000 - Aventis stumbles anew on Brazil soy market (Reuters)
20 November 2000 - Farmers warned to be careful what type of corn they plant next season (AP)
20 November 2000 - Centre's no to genetically modified food till proved safe (Times of India)
20 November 2000 - Eco-chickens Shut Down GM Importer (Greenpeace)
19 November 2000 - McDonald's dumps GM-fed meat (BBC News)
18 November 2000 - India Says No to Genetically Modified Foods and Seeds (NewsEdge)
17 November 2000 - UK's GM corn marketing plan scrapped (ENS)
17 November 2000 - Council's bid to ban GM crops (Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph UK)
17 November 2000 - ConAgra recalled 1.45 million pounds of flour linked to Starlink bio-corn (Reuters)
17 November 2000 - Biotech Corn Hurting U.S. Exports (AP)
17 November 2000 - Conference wants moratorium on genetically modified foods (AFP)
16 November 2000 - Green and dying (The Economist)
16 November 2000 - Contaminated corn dumped on EPA (Greenpeace USA)
16 November 2000 - USDA Says U.S. Corn Exports Hurt by StarLink Chaos (Reuters)
15 November 2000 - Future of UK's first commercial GM crop in doubt (FoE)
15 November 2000 - GM foods get thumbs-down in Nordic survey (ENDS)
15 November 2000 - JAPAN - Consumers protest Against U.S. Biotech Corn Outside U.S. Embassy (Reuters)
14 November 2000 - EPA unconvinced on StarLink bio-corn safety (Reuters)
14 November 2000 - Starlink Woes Worsen at Home and Abroad (CropChoice News)
13 November 2000 - Japanese Food Ministry: Starlink found in 10 of 15 samples of U.S. corn (Kyodo News Service Tokyo)
13 November 2000 - EPA Outlines Bio-Corn Science Questions That Need Answers (Reuters)
13 November 2000 - SOUTH KOREA: KFDA considers its Starlink recall "proper" (Reuters)
12 November 2000 - Pope Warns on Biotech Health Risk (AP)
11 November 2000 - Many Britons See Lying, Cronyism in Government -- Poll (Reuters)
10 November 2000 - Korea Recalls Starlink Contaminated Food (Reuters)
10 November 2000 - IATP Calls for StarLink Investigation (IATP)
10 November 2000 - Plea over modified corn (Financial Times UK)
9 November 2000 - UK government in chaos over GM seeds (FoE UK)
9 November 2000 - Resolution in Ann Arbor passed (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
9 November 2000 - Ministers face new row on GM crops (The Scotsman UK)
9 November 2000 - Britain's plan to list GM maize seed set for delay (Reuters)
9 November 2000 - U.S. corn sales to Japan down, StarLink blamed (Reuters)
8 November 2000 - Church Calls For Moratorium On Genetically Engineered Food (Panafrican News Agency)
8 November 2000 - Italian schools must introduce organic food: minister (AFP)
8 November 2000 - Biotechnology : Battle over gene-altered foods set to escalate (Boston Globe)
8 November 2000 - UK Supermarkets continue to stock Genetically Modified food (www.gmfoodnews.com)
7 November 2000 - Monsanto growth seen curbed by ag biotech furor (Reuters)
7 November 2000 - Iowa legislator-farmer cries foul over StarLink (Reuters)
6 November 2000 - StarLink may cause liquidity problems for elevators (Feedstuffs)
5 November 2000 - Banned GM maize found in tortilla chips (PA News)
5 November 2000 - Alert over GM tortillas (BBC News)
4 November 2000 - Scientists question safety of GM maize risk test (Guardian UK)
3 November 2000 - Many Americans say stop planting gene-altered crops (Reuters)
1 November 2000 - Who should pay for the costs of the Starlink scandal (IATP)
1 November 2000 - Shortfall a setback to GM crop testing (Guardian UK)
1 November 2000 - Scope of biotech corn product recall revealed (CNN)
31 October 2000 - New Zealand to Ban GM Corn Products (Evening Post New Zealand)
31 October 2000 - Another Public Safety Fiasco (Eastern Daily Press UK)
27 October 2000 - Federal Officials Blame Aventis For Biotech Corn Found in Food (Wall Street Journal)
27 October 2000 - Prime Minister's attempt to cultivate Green vote is doomed to wither under GM onslaught (The Scotsman)
27 October 2000 - Dorrell regrets BSE statement (BBC News)
26 October 2000 - Western Family Foods, Inc. announces voluntary recall (Western Family Foods)
26 October 2000 - White House discusses GM food scare (BBC News)
26 October 2000 - Aventis, Not Farmers, Should Be Held Liable For Contamination of Conventional Corn Fields (PR Newswire)
26 October 2000 - Biotech Concerns Hurt Corn Futures (AP)
25 October 2000 - Growers of biotech corn say they weren't warned (Des Moines Register)
25 October 2000 - Third brand of taco shells contains StarLink (UPI)
24 October 2000 - Talk of biotech corn in US cargo rattles Japan (just-food.com)
24 October 2000 - Farmers Worried About Modified Corn (AP)
24 October 2000 - Elevator says it lost at least $15,000 when ADM rejected corn with StarLink genetics (Des Moines Register)
21 October 2000 - EU backs Italy in GM food ban (Bloomberg)
20 October 2000 - Not All Biotech Corn Accounted for (AP)
20 October 2000 - After Uncertainty, Aventis Says it Will Buy Commingled Starlink (CropChoice News)
19 October 2000 - Transgenic Animal Feed Could Affect Dairy Products (ENS)
19 October 2000 - Biotech Corn Probably in Foods (Washington Post)
19 October 2000 - Farmers, grain merchants worry about biotech corn's spread (AP)
17 October 2000 - ConAgra stops producing corn flour at Kansas mill as precaution against genetically modified grain (AP)
17 October 2000 - Grocers Scramble to Pull Gene-Modified Corn (Reuters)
17 October 2000 - Farmers Cite Scarce Data in Corn Mixing (New York Times)
17 October 2000 - Corn Grower President Applauds EPA Decision to Make Seed Corporations Responsible for Economic Losses (ACGA)
16 October 2000 - The consumer strikes back (BBC News)
15 October 2000 - Health fear over GM cattle feed (Guardian UK)
15 October 2000 - StarLink corn controversy will explode on USDA, U.S. farmers (Farm and Food File)
14 October 2000 - New Concerns Rise on Keeping Track of Modified Corn (New York Times)
13 October 2000 - First It Was Kraft, Now Mission's Pulling Food From Shelves (AP)
13 October 2000 - Sentries for genetically engineered corn (San Francisco Examiner)
12 October 2000 - Local Food, Global Prosperity - Conference with Vandana Shiva, Helena Norberg-Hodge and Wendell Berry
12 October 2000 - Aventis cancels StarLink corn (EPA)
12 October 2000 - Update on Trojan Trade Reps, Golden Rice and the Search for Higher Ground (RAFI)
12 October 2000 - GM food recall causing ripple effect on food retailers (Reuters)
11 October 2000 - "Biotech will not feed the world" say Oxfam Canada, Greenpeace and CUSO (Canada Press Wire)
10 October 2000 - Aventis Admits Growing Unauthorized GM Seed in UK (ENS)
10 October 2000 - GM giant will threaten seed supplies (BBC News)
10 October 2000 - Procter and Gamble shareholders meeting - P&G Board wishes to continue the use of GM ingredients in its products
10 October 2000 - Price fixing vitamins costs company millions (BBC News)
9 October 2000 - USDA to Recall StarLink Bt Corn (Chemical Market Reporter)
6 October 2000 - Demand for Non-GM and Organic Soy Growing (Progressive Farmer)
5 October 2000 - Supermarket's GM-free livestock plan (BBC News)
5 October 2000 - Iceland hits non-GM feed target (Iceland)
5 October 2000 - Corn Grower Elevator Survey Shows Strong Demand for Farmer Segregation (ACGA)
4 October 2000 - Greenpeace Issues 'Shopping List' of Biofoods (Reuters)
3 October 2000 - Real democracy, real debate - Boston
3 October 2000 - Genetically Modified Jelly Bellies (www.gmfoodnews.com)
1 October 2000 - 'Yes, we don't want GM bananas (Living Earth)
30 September 2000 - European Company Will Buy Entire Crop of Corn in Recall (New York Times)
30 September 2000 - GM crops get public hearings (Guardian UK)
27 September 2000 - Basmati Rice: US firm withdraws patent claim (Hindustani Times)
26-28 September 2000 - Initiative against economic globalisation - Prague 2000
25 September 2000 - Nothing Corny About GM Crop (AP)
25 September 2000 - Kraft Taco Shell Puts Focus On Biotechnology Oversight (Wall Street Journal)
25 September 2000 - FDA advisers tied to industry (USA Today)
25 September 2000 - Protesters target Prague talks (BBC News)
25 September 2000 - GM protest farmers plan rally (BBC News)
25 September 2000 - Indian farmers demand 10-year GM ban (BBC News)
25 September 2000 - GM tacos recalled (BBC News)
24 September 2000 - GM crops risk is too great, says Melchett (Sunday Telegraph UK)
22 September 2000 - Kraft Recalls Taco Bell Shells with Biotech Corn (Reuters)
22 September 2000 - Kraft foods announces voluntary recall of all Taco Bell taco shell products from grocery stores (Kraft)
22 September 2000 - Giants throw spanner in Blair's GM works (Eastern Daily Press)
22 September 2000 - Novartis withdraws "functional" food product from the UK market (www.gmfoodnews.com)
21 September 2000 - GM farce is no joke (Daily Express UK)
21 September 2000 - Protesters' green light to sabotage the GM crop trials (Daily Mail UK)
21 September 2000 - Farm trials in jeopardy after verdict (Guardian UK)
21 September 2000 - ACGA: Industry Should Pay to Segregate | Genetic ID Responds to Aventis Attack (CropChoice News)
21 September 2000 - Greenpeace GM crop attack declared legal (Independent UK)
21 September 2000 - Papers question GM's future (BBC News)
20 September 2000 - The tale of two trials (BBC News)
20 September 2000 - Novartis "Aviva" products withdrawn in the UK (Novartis)
20 September 2000 - GM protestors cleared of criminal damage charges (BBC News)
20 September 2000 - Twenty-eight Greenpeace volunteers acquitted of criminal damage (Greenpeace)
19 September 2000 - Regulations for genetically modified products likely (Saigon Times Daily)
19 September 2000 - Use of restricted GMO corn will provide further push for segregation of supply (ACGA)
18 September 2000 - US government probes biotech corn in Taco Bell shells (Reuters)
18 September 2000 - StarLink GM Feed Corn Found in Taco Bell Products (CropChoice News)
18 September 2000 - Government Probes Biotech Corn Allegation (AP)
17 September 2000 - Biotech Critics Cite Unapproved Corn in Taco Shells (Washington Post)
17 September 2000 - Farmers rally against GMOs (The Nation, Bankgok)
16 September 2000 - Thai Farmers burn cotton in protest (Bangkok Post)
16 September 2000 - Menus 'misleading' over ingredients (BBC News)
15 September 2000 - Nescafe will not use GM coffee (e-mail from Nestle/Nescafe)
13 September 2000 - With one voice - Sir John Krebs and the FSA (Guardian UK)
12 September 2000 - Why Americans Are Voting with their Forks, Knives, & Pocketbooks (Organic Consumers Association)
12 September 2000 - Organic food boom predicted (BBC News)
11 September 2000 - Shut down the World Economic Forum
11 September 2000 - 'Fast food bug' kills teenager (BBC News)
8 September 2000 - Pesticides can cause brain damage (BBC News)
7 September 2000 - McDonald's, KFC deny selling genetically modified food in mainland (China Online)
6 September 2000 - GM crops 'worse than Nuclear waste' (Guardian UK)
5 September 2000 - Euros Bracing for a Food Fight (Reuters)
5 September 2000 - Massive demonstration against GMOs in Foix, France
4 September 2000 - GM crops 'could kill off birds' (BBC News)
3 September 2000 - Genetically Altered Foods: We Are Being Exposed To One Of The Largest Uncontrolled Experiments In History (Chicago Tribune)
2 September 2000 - Biotech backers feel targeted by rice bill (Sacramento Bee)
1 September 2000 - Herbicide Tolerant Crops and Biodiversity (Science)
1 September 2000 - GM crops threaten skylarks (Guardian UK)
1 September 2000 - Angry Thai Farmers Say Ban GM Rice (ISIS News)
31 August 2000 - City Council rebellions against GM grow in US (CropChoice News)
31 August 2000 - GM crops could kill off birds (BBC News)
31 August 2000 - New fears over impact of GM crops on bird populations (Friends of the Earth)
31 August 2000 - Personal visits with European consumers show continued resistance to GMOs (ACGA)
28 August 2000 - Wales' only GM trial damaged (BBC News)
28 August 2000 - GM crops farmer in court battle (BBC News)
27 August 2000 - Soya-bean crisis (Observer UK)
26 August 2000 - Sweet and sour: Concern mounts over synthetic sugars, with attention heavily focused on the market leader, aspartame (Glasgow Herald UK)
25 August 2000 - More GM pollen evidence (BBC News)
25 August 2000 - Rabobank takes up code on gene modified foods (Financial Times UK)
24 August 2000 - Court wrangle over GM crops (BBC News)
24 August 2000 - Biotech has bamboozled us all (Guardian UK)
21 August 2000 - U.S. study renews worries about GM crops (Reuters)
21 August 2000 - GM animal tests 'out of control' (Guardian UK)
21 August 2000 - Cultivating the Truth About Organics (San Francisco Chronicle)
20 August 2000 - Call to action against Frankenfoods, Minneapolis
20 August 2000 - Scientists cautioned about genetically modified food (Earth Times)
19 August 2000 - Protesters rally outside Monsanto's corporate offices (AP)
18 August 2000 - Monsanto Day of Action
17 August 2000 - Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights (United Nations)
17 August 2000 - Genetically Modified Rice Tests Alarm Philippine Farmers (ENS)
15 August 2000 - GMO debate: 95% of Canadians want the right to choose what they eat (Canada Newswire)
14 August 2000 - Canola farmer fights seed invasion (Ottawa Globe and Mail)
14 August 2000 - DK2LA - Human Need Not Corporate Greed : March for Our Lives!
13 August 2000 - Corn Growers concern about corporate concentration in Biotechology shared by other farmers according to new poll (ACGA)
11 August 2000 - Report for U.N. Calls World Trade Body 'Nightmare' (Reuters)
11 August 2000 - Greece to Pull Up Genetically Modified Cotton (Environment News Service)
9 August 2000 - Danish Environment Minister bans GM foods (Copenhagen Post)
9 August 2000 - Frito Lay Looks North for non-GMO Oil (Calgary Herald, News Gazette)
8 August 2000 - ABC to Correct Report That Challenged Benefits of Organic Foods (New York Times)
7 August 2000 - Italy, France and UK struggle over GM crops (Environment News Service)
7 August 2000 - Mandatory GM labeling approved in Australia (Miller Publishing)
5 August 2000 - We're banning GM ingredients from our foods, says world's top GM seed firm (Daily Mail UK)
5 August 2000 - France Orders GM-Contaminated Soya Crop Destroyed (Reuters)
4 August 2000 - Novartis Removes Ingredients With Genetic Modifications (Wall Street Journal)
4 August 2000 - Novartis Ended Use of Gene-Altered Foods (New York Times)
4 August 2000 - Italian government blocks marketing on 4 GM maize varieties (CNN)
3 August 2000 - Biotech Giant Novartis Bans GMOs From Own Foods (Reuters)
3 August 2000 - Harrods boss sues over GM error (BBC News Scotland)
3 August 2000 - New GM trial sites (BBC News Scotland)
3 August 2000 - GM trials unveiled amid row (BBC News)
3 August 2000 - Saudi Arabia Bans Import of GM Foods (Reuters)
1 August 2000 - Newly announced Lincolnshire GM trial will use a banned chemical (Gaia Trust)
1 August 2000 - Dusty Desperadoes Raid Monsanto (Genetix Alert)
1 August 2000 - Harvard-affiliated gene studies in China face federal inquiry (Boston Globe)
1 August 2000 - Federal agency looking at research practices in China projects (Boston Herald)
31 July 2000 - New trade war looms over GM labelling (Guardian UK)
31 July 2000 - GM foods 'banned' from school menus (BBC News)
28 July 2000 - Korean Giant dumps GM soya beans (The Korea Herald)
27 July 2000 - From boom to bust in three seasons - the rapid rise and fall of GE markets (Dr Christine Dann)
25 July 2000 - Biotechnology not the answer to global hunger (Knight Ridder/Tribune)
25 July 2000 - Alarm over GM seed mistake (Sydney Morning Herald)
24 July 2000 - Global battle rages over GM crops (Guardian UK)
21 July 2000 - Down Under Farm Federation Waves Producers Off GMOs (CropChoice)
21 July 2000 - Biotechnology : Not the answer to hunger (The Hindu Business Line)
20 July 2000 - New GM trial proposed (BBC News)
19 July 2000 - Green Groups Target Campbell Soup in GM Food Fight (Reuters)
18 July 2000 - Italian farm Minister calls for GM-free foods (Reuters)
16 July 2000 - Protestors arrested after GM crops demo (PA News)
16 July 2000 - GM protestors invade field (BBC News)
16 July 2000 - Statement by "Future" for her action to remove GM crops
16 July 2000 - UK Rally - 50 Acre GM Maize Trial site
15 July 2000 - March against GM crops (BBC News Scotland)
14 July 2000 - Growers Turn to Labeling Non-GMO Fruit (CropChoice News)
14 July 2000 - Brazil agency halts GM research at Monsanto unit (Reuters)
14 July 2000 - Europe 'caving in to US firms' on approval for GM foods (Guardian UK)
14 July 2000 - EU to apply tougher approval rules for GMO products while awaiting final legislation (AP)
11 July 2000 - GM food conference met by protest (CBC)
11 July 2000 - UK govt in contact with France amid new rogue crop fears (Bridge News)
10 July 2000 - GM sugar delay raises doubts on prospects (Reuters)
10 July 2000 - GM crops destroyed at trial farm (PA News)
10 July 2000 - Second attack on GM crops (BBC News (Scotland))
7 July 2000 - Why is the French govt still silent on GM maize? (Bridge News)
5 July 2000 - GM seeds compensation agreed (BBC News)
1 July 2000 - Attacks force out biotech guru (Guardian UK)
30 June 2000 - Brazil court foils Monsanto again on GM soybeans (Reuters)
30 June 2000 - US attorney challenged European governments over careless attitude towards GM foods (NLP)
30 June 2000 - Wheat Growers Call for Segregation (CropChoice News)
28 June 2000 - Anti-Globalisation Groups Line Up For 'French Seattle' (AFP)
27 June 2000 - Survey finds high amounts of genetically modified foods in Guangzhou (China Online)
26 June 2000 - Italy threatens ban on EU-approved GM-derived foods (Bridge News)
26 June 2000 - French government tests find genetically modified seeds in imports from U.S. (AP)
26 June 2000 - French intruders destroy GM plants (BBC News)
24 June 2000 - New setback for British Biotech in drugs trials (Guardian UK)
23 June 2000 - France calls for tougher EU rules on GM crops (Reuters)
22 June 2000 - Resistance grows to patenting staple foods and crops (ActionAid)
22 June 2000 - Germany wants to halt GM crop use until 2003 (Reuters)
22 June 2000 - Corn growers commission new national survey on genetically modified crops (American Corn Growers Association)
22 June 2000 - GM foods on talks menu (BBC News)
22 June 2000 - Legal worry over GM crop trial (BBC News)
21 June 2000 - San Francisco City panel fights 'Frankenfoods' (San Francisco Examiner)
21 June 2000 - Mainstream Organics: Britain Stocks Up (New York Times)
21 June 2000 - To Critics, 'Golden Rice' Has No Shine (IPS)
20 June 2000 - Farmers 'unaware' of GM crop trials (BBC News)
20 June 2000 - Flaw discovered in GM crop trial (BBC News)
19 June 2000 - Real food - how does your supermarket measure up? (Friend of the Earth UK)
18 June 2000 - GM crops face destruction in trials blunder (Sunday Express UK)
16 June 2000 - Public Meeting, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK
14 June 2000 - Iceland takes organic lead (BBC News)
14 June 2000 - GM crops 'may contaminate others (BBC News)
8 June 2000 - Further GM errors revealed (BBC News)
8 June 2000 - GM food labelling call (BBC News)
7 June 2000 - Message on genetically modified crops by industry-funded agricultural groups is misdirected and misleading (American Corn Growers Association)
6 June 2000 - Duke criticised for GM stance (BBC News)
6 June 2000 - GM : The Royal debate (BBC News)
6 June 2000 - GM firm sues Canadian farmer (BBC News)
5 June 2000 - Greenpeace dumps GE oilseed rape at minister's feet (Greenpeace)
3 June 2000 - GM contamination must never happen again (PA News)
1 June 2000 - GM destruction go-ahead soon, says union (BBC News)
1 June 2000 - Corn Growers see recent events in Europe as continuing the controversy over GMO use in the USA (American Corn Growers Association)
30 May 2000 - Monsanto seeds contain 'rogue' DNA (Scotland on Sunday)
30 May 2000 - NFU (National Farmers Union) may sue over GM blunder (BBC News)
29 May 2000 - Greenpeace and farmer decontaminate oil seed rape in Germany (Greenpeace)
28 May 2000 - Farmers pressed to destroy GM crops (BBC News)
28 May 2000 - GM genes 'jump species barrier' (Observer UK)
28 May 2000 - GM genes 'can spread to people and animals' (Independent UK)
27 May 2000 - Compensation bid over GM seeds (BBC News)
26 May 2000 - Ministers pressed to destroy GM crops (Guardian UK)
26 May 2000 - GM seed fears grow (BBC News)
26 May 2000 - Maize crops GM tainted says supplier (BBC News)
26 May 2000 - Destruction of Scottish GM crops possible (PA News)
25 May 2000 - Letter from the Marquess of Lansdowne (The Times)
25 May 2000 - Greenpeace takes action to stop the spread of genetic contamination (Greenpeace)
25 May 2000 - Court action threatened over GM crops (BBC News)
25 May 2000 - Riots threaten pro-GM conference (Guardian UK)
25 May 2000 - France orders destruction of GM crop (BBC News)
24 May 2000 - Sweden will destroy GM rapeseed crop (Swedish Board of Agriculture)
24 May 2000 - Wales defies British government with GM crop ban (Reuters)
23 May 2000 - Protest over GM blunder (BBC News)
23 May 2000 - Farmer destroys GM-contaminated crop (PA News)
22 May 2000 - Vocal GM protests loom in Italy (Wired)
20 May 2000 - Genetically Engineered Foods - the Risks and Remedies - Ohio
19 May 2000 - Scottish GM crop fears (BBC News)
19 May 2000 - Dig it up!
18 May 2000 - Fury As GM Seeds of Discontent Spread Over Europe (Reuters)
18 May 2000 - Anger over rogue GM crop (BBC News)
18 May 2000 - Euro alert over GM seed (BBC News)
17 May 2000 - Alert over GM seeds (BBC News)
17 May 2000 - Alert as GM seeds sold by mistake (PA News)
17 May 2000 - Prince warns of 'playing God' (BBC News)
17 May 2000 - Study shows genetically altered soybeans produce lower yields (AP)
17 May 2000 - Biotech company in GM seed fiasco (Farmers Weekly)
17 May 2000 - Honey Has Been Contaminated by GM Crops (Independent UK)
16 May 2000 - GM pollen found in honey (BBC News)
12 May 2000 - Gene therapy on trial (Science)
12 May 2000 - Assembly Members united against GM Crops in Wales (Friends of the Earth)
10 May 2000 - Neem patent revoked - major victory against biopiracy (IFOAM)
9 May 2000 - 2 top chefs join food fight (Chicago Sun-Times)
7 May 2000 - GM medicine 'risks the lives of diabetics' (Observer UK)
5 May 2000 - Italy says no to GM sponsorship (Wired News)
5 May 2000 - Illegal genetic research exposed (New Zealand Press Association)
4 May 2000 - Guest Editorial (Des Moines Register)
3 May 2000 - Greenpeace exposes fatal flaws in science on biotech crops (Greenpeace)
3 May 2000 - Monsanto lab in Crystal closes amid food protests (Bangor Daily News)
3 May 2000 - Pepsi challenged to give up GMO corn syrup (Reuters)
2 May 2000 - More farmers abandon GM trials (Friends of the Earth)
2 May 2000 - Corn growers disappointed in FDA decision to call for only voluntary labelling of GMOs (American Corn Growers Association)
1 May 2000 - MayDay 2000 (Indymedia)
30 April 2000 - US farmers losing domestic markets while Japan sets new restrictions for GMO corn imports (American Corn Growers Association)
30 April 2000 - Rain dampens GM crop trials (BBC News)
28 April 2000 - McDonald's to bar GMO fries (Reuters)
28 April 2000 - McDonald's, and other fast food chains, pull Monsanto's bio-engineered potato (Wall Street Journal)
28 April 2000 - Decision By Fast Food Giants To Reject Genetically Engineered Potatoes Sends Strong Message To Farmers (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
28 April-1 May 2000 - MayDay 2000 - A festival of anarchist ideas and action - Worldwide
27 April 2000 - The fear of genetically modified foods is reverberating through the Midwest (Chicago Tribune)
27 April 2000 - Survey shows Europeans fearful of GM foods and cloning (PA News)
27 April 2000 - Shareholders challenge Kellogg over Genetically Engineered foods (As You Sow Foundation)
26 April 2000 - USDA asked to withdraw approval of biotech squash (AP)
26 April 2000 - Uncertain Outlook for Genetic Food, Says OECD Report (AFP)
25 April 2000 - Japan will demand GM product tests (Financial Times UK)
25 April 2000 - New York bill would ban biotech crop production for 5 years (Bridge News)
25 April 2000 - Kellogg's continues to feed GMO's to America's kids (Greenpeace)
24 April 2000 - Farmers may cut GM canola acreage (Winnipeg Free Press)
21 April 2000 - GM trial anger rises (BBC News)
21 April 2000 - Fishy Tomatoes and Nutty Soybeans - Do we know enough about genetically modified foods? (Consumers Union)
20 April 2000 - Soil Association seek pledge to protect organic crops from GM pollution (Soil Association)
20 April 2000 - Call to halt GM crops trial (BBC News)
19 April 2000 - Jury discharged in GM crop case (BBC News)
18 April 2000 - Flawed science behind EPA approval of biotech crops (Greenpeace)
16-17 April 2000 - Massive Rally and Non-Violent Direct Action at IMF Headquarters - Washington
16 April 2000 - Fish farmers told 'reject GM salmon' (BBC News)
16 April 2000 - Revealed: GM firm faked test figures (Observer UK)
14 April 2000 - Austria bans Aventis gene-modified maize (Reuters)
13 April 2000 - French Protesters Destroy Genetically Modified Field (Reuters)
13 April 2000 - UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) official sees risks from gene foods (Reuters)
13 April 2000 - GM food under fire again (BBC News)
12 April 2000 - Objectors to clog path to crop trials
12 April 2000 - Euro parliament to debate GM food (BBC News)
11 April 2000 - Environmentalists Alarmed Over Giant GM Fish (Reuters)
10 April 2000 - Sri Lanka Bans Import of Genetically Modified Food (AFP)
9 April 2000 - Lib Dems attack GM seed plans (BBC News)
9 April 2000 - Protestors target IMF meeting (BBC News)
8 April 2000 - Group Protests Food Alterations (Albuquerque Journal)
7 April 2000 - WTO breakdown warning (BBC News)
6 April 2000 - Genetic crops concern scientists (Kansas City Star)
6 April 2000 - Study Should be Abandoned Because of Conflicts of Interest (National Environmental Trust)
6 April 2000 - 'Conflict of interest' in GM food report (Guardian UK)
6 April 2000 - Peer's 'moral' duty to tear up GM crops (Guardian UK)
6 April 2000 - 'Guerilla gardeners' in Assembly protest (BBC News)
5 April 2000 - Church of England wants moratorium on GM crops (Reuters)
5 April 2000 - Soybean-Seed Lawsuits Pit Farmers against Biotechnology Companies (Columbia Daily Tribune)
4 April 2000 - Peer admits destroying GM crop (BBC News)
4 April 2000 - Genetic Engineering in Minnesota - Public Impacts and Issues of Concern (James A. Riddle, Organic Inspector)
1-10 April 2000 - Resistance is fertile - a global week of activities against genetically engineered foods to celebrate the diversity of local agriculture
31 March 2000 - GM giant criticised over adverts (BBC News)
30 March 2000 - Fury at Welsh minister's GM 'cave-in' (Guardian UK)
30 March 2000 - GM seed approval sets dangerous precedent (Natural Law Party)
29 March 2000 - US unable to stop bad seed from entering Europe (Greenpeace)
29 March 2000 - Labels on modified foods becoming a sticky issue (Boston Herald)
29 March 2000 - Assembly approves GM seed (BBC News)
29 March 2000 - Farmers using more chemicals, analysis shows (LA Times)
29 March 2000 - Taiwan govt pushes biotech, but private investors cautious (Dow Jones)
28 March 2000 - Tasmania tries to opt out of GM trials (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
28 March 2000 - M&S fish on GM free diet (PA News)
27 March 2000 - US hardens position on precautionary principle (FeedStuffs)
27 March 2000 - 1,500 March in Boston to Protest Biotech Food (New York Times)
27 March 2000 - Canada's "Frankentrees" Get The Axe, Yet Again.... (Ministry of Forest Defense)
25 March 2000 - Financial carrot for GM farmers (BBC News)
24-26 March 2000 - BioDevastation 2000
24 March 2000 - Debate heats up over high tech rice research (Phillipine News and Features)
23 March 2000 - GM farmers pull out of trials (Friends of the Earth)
23 March 2000 - Farmer withdraws from GM Crop Trial at Friskney Toft due to massive local opposition (Gaia Trust UK)
23 March 2000 - Genetically Modified Food Sales 'Dead' In EU Until Safety Certain, Says Consultant (Eurotox)
22 March 2000 - GMOs: Groups petition US FDA to remove genetically altered foods (Bridge News)
22 March 2000 - Genetic engineering not the solution to malnutrition (GRAIN)
21 March 2000 - US green groups prod FDA to tighten biofood rules (Reuters)
21 March 2000 - GrainRAGE closes Cargill headquarters (GrainRAGE US)
21 March 2000 - EU court rules against France in GM maize case (Reuters)
20 March 2000 - EU's highest court to rule on French GM crop ban (Reuters)
20 March 2000 - Food industry rises to the demand for non-GM food (Guardian UK)
20 March 2000 - Gwyther attends EU food safety talks (BBC News)
17 March 2000 - GM trial sites unveiled (BBC News)
17 March 2000 - Meacher announces new GM crop sites for farm-scale evaluations (DETR UK)
17 March 2000 - Aberdeen GM crops trial (BBC News)
16 March 2000 - UK Government should sack GM adviser (BBC News)
16 March 2000 - One in Five Products in Consumer Council Survey Contain Genetically Altered Crops (South China Morning Post)
15 March 2000 - Threat of Mass Rally Against GM Testing: Farmer Groups Say Scrap Tests Right Now (Bankok Post)
15 March 2000 - Legal maze (Guardian UK)
12 March 2000 - Corn growers question need to sacrifice export markets due to genetically modified crops (American Corn Growers Association)
10 March 2000 - Greenpeace accuse Greece over GM foods (BBC News)
10 March 2000 - 'Sites found' for GM farm trials (BBC News)
9 March 2000 - 'Go it alone' call over GM ban (BBC News)
8 March 2000 - Genetic engineering does not yield pesticide reduction (CNW)
7 March 2000 - Greenpeace opposes EU approval procedure for 3 new crops (Bridge News)
7 March 2000 - Food firms 'turn back on GM produce' (BBC News)
7 March 2000 - Glickman announces new proposal for national organic standards (USDA)
6 March 2000 - US to propose tighter organic food rules (Reuters)
4 March 2000 - Farmers warned of uncertainties with crop genetics (Omaha World-Herald)
1 March 2000 - UK and US airlines still using Genetically Modified ingredients and derivatives in their menus (Marcus Williamson)
1 March 2000 - Welsh vote to set UK GM policy (BBC News)
1 March 2000 - GM crops debate call (BBC News)
29 February 2000 - 108 UK organisations demand GM freeze (Five Year Freeze)
28 February 2000 - US public interest attorney uncovers suppressed evidence of potential GM food health risks (Soil Association)
28 February 2000 - U-turn by Blair on GM food (Guardian UK)
28 February 2000 - Mowlam defends GM policy (BBC News)
28 February 2000 - GM food conference opens amid controversy (Reuters)
28 February 2000 - Wales to vote on GM crops (BBC News)
27 February 2000 - Blair shifts on GM food (BBC News)
27 February 2000 - GM protest ship 'will dock' (BBC News)
27 February 2000 - Blair Concerned for Modified Food (AP)
26 February 2000 - New Zealand Salmon Research Halted (AP)
25 February 2000 - Greenpeace GM cargo ship ambush (BBC News)
25 February 2000 - Greenpeace stops ship bringing GM soya into the UK (Greenpeace)
25 February 2000 - GM firms fund friendly scientists (BBC News)
24 February 2000 - Iceland issues challenge over non-GM meat (NewsReal)
23 February 2000 - Supermarket rejects GM fed livestock (BBC News)
23 February 2000 - Assembly awaits ruling on GM seeds (BBC News)
22 February 2000 - Carrefour Leads Purchase of Non-GMO Brazil Soy (Reuters)
21 February 2000 - Corn growers complete survey on farmer planting intentions for upcoming growing season (American Corn Growers Association)
18 February 2000 - US criticised over GM food safety (Irish Times)
18 February 2000 - UK revolt brings US cutback in GM crops (The Scotsman)
17 February 2000 - US farmers desert GM crops (Guardian UK)
17 February 2000 - Farmers abandon GM crops (BBC News)
17 February 2000 - Genetically altered crop plantings seen down (Reuters)
17 February 2000 - No cover for GM pollution, farmers told (PA News)
17 February 2000 - German health minister bans cultivation of genetically modified corn (AP)
16 February 2000 - Germany suspends approval of GM maize (Reuters)
16 February 2000 - US wheat growers eye GMO challenges (Reuters)
14 February 2000 - Firms face battle over altered food (USA Today)
14 February 2000 - Corn growers correct in their prediction of fewer acres planted to genetically modified crops (American Corn Growers Association)
13 February 2000 - Hard times hit biotech agriculture (Augusta Chronicle)
11 February 2000 - Fraud behind GM food safety claims (Daily Mail UK)
11 February 2000 - FDA investigates gene experiment for possible AIDS contamination (CNN)
11 February 2000 - US corn turned away from Brazil port as GM suspect (Reuters)
10 February 2000 - Triple-resistant canola weeds found in Alta. (Western Producer)
10 February 2000 - Nestle to phase out GE food in Hong Kong (Greenpeace)
8 February 2000 - Americans have the right to know if their food is genetically engineered (Barbara Boxer, US Senator)
8 February 2000 - Millions turn to organic food (BBC News)
7 February 2000 - GM crops warning to Scots farmers (BBC News)
7 February 2000 - Iceland non-GM feed success (Iceland UK Press Release)
4 February 2000 - GM potatoes on hold in US (Farmers Weekly UK)
3 February 2000 - Trouble in the Garden (Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly)
3 February 2000 - Labelling rule sets GM food exports back several years (NZ Herald)
2 February 2000 - FoE criticises organic 'risk' warning (BBC News)
1 February 2000 - Frito-Lay ceases use of GM corn (Washington Post)
1 February 2000 - Hundreds of gene therapy experiments failed (BBC News)
1 February 2000 - Frito-Lay to stop using genetically engineered corn (CNN)
30 January 2000 - America backs down on GM foods (Observer UK)
30 January 2000 - Summit agrees to block rogue GM crops as US drops its opposition (Sunday Telegraph UK)
30 January 2000 - Protests mar Davos summit (BBC News)
29 January 2000 - Controls agreed on GM imports (BBC News)
28 January 2000 - Monsanto's name radically modified (Guardian UK)
28 January 2000 - Thais resisting Monsanto's Bt cotton (Reuters)
27 January 2000 - Food safety versus free trade (BBC News)
25 January 2000 - UN biosafety talks shift into high gear (Reuters)
25 January 2000 - AgriBioTech files for bankruptcy (AgriBioTech)
25 January 2000 - Biotech hit by drug test failure (BBC News)
25 January 2000 - Protests at GM food talks (BBC News)
24 January 2000 - Licensing procedure for genetically modified organisms turns out to be fallible (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)
24 January 2000 - Engineered crops face barren season (Chicago Tribune)
24 January 2000 - GM food clash looms (BBC News)
24 January 2000 - Montreal : the arguments (BBC News)
24 January 2000 - In Japan, it's back to nature (Washington Post)
23 January 2000 - Stop genetic pollution (Ottawa Citizen)
23 January 2000 - With U.S. Under Pressure, Biotechnology Talks to Resume (New York Times)
23 January 2000 - Canola [rapeseed] growers watching the biotechnology debate closely (The Canadian Press)
22 January 2000 - Protesters March Through Montreal (AP)
22 January 2000 - Chairman gets taste of protest (Montreal Gazette)
22 January 2000 - Groups march peacefully ahead of biosafety talks (Reuters)
22 January 2000 - GM food clash looms (BBC News)
22 January 2000 - US threatens GM deal (BBC News)
21 January 2000 - US 'Set to oppose Frankstein food deal' (PA News)
19 January 2000 - Brewing companies not ready to embrace biotech beer (CNN)
19 January 2000 - Greenpeace wins first round in EPA lawsuit to ban Bt crops (Greenpeace USA)
18 January 2000 - EU says GM safety agreement an "absolute priority" (Reuters)
18 January 2000 - World trade talks stalled (BBC News)
16 January 2000 - The WTO : Inside, Outside, All Around the World (Paul Hawken)
16 January 2000 - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) restricts Gene-Altered Corn in Response to Concerns (Washington Post)
15 January 2000 - U.S. studies U.K. role in NAFTA (Ottawa Citizen)
14 January 2000 - Bt Corn insect resistance management announced for 2000 growing season (EPA US)
14 January 2000 - Isolation distances for GM crops inadequate (Reuters)
13 January 2000 - U.S. Farmers plan decline in biotech crops (Reuters)
13 January 2000 - Reuters survey of U.S. biotech plantings (Reuters)
13 January 2000 - U.S. renews debate over biotech foods (USA Today)
13 January 2000 - Pandora's Pantry (Mother Jones)
12 January 2000 - Mutant food (salon.com)
11 January 2000 - The Campaign urges USDA Secretary Glickman to reconsider position on Genetically Engineered foods (Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods)
11 January 2000 - Open letter to the WTO Director General on his visit to India (Protestors)
11 January 2000 - Britons seek tighter controls on GM waste (Reuters)
10 January 2000 - Greenpeace still concerned over GM corn in feed (Reuters)
10 January 2000 - UK faces risk of GM contamination (Reuters)
7 January 2000 - Nestle France tells Greenpeace "Our products are now GM free"; Greenpeace calls on Nestle to protect U.S. consumers too (Greenpeace)
7 January 2000 - Farmers gear for fight over GMO foods, Austin, Texas (Reuters)
7 January 2000 - Tesco avoids food grown on GM test plots (Reuters)
6 January 2000 - Tesco rejects vegetables grown on GM test sites (PA News)
5 January 2000 - Retailers to yank GM foods from shelves (Financial Post)
4 January 2000 - The Fear over 'Frankenfood' (CBS News)
4 January 2000 - Uncertainty continues to plague Genetically Modified crops into the New Year (American Corn Growers Association)
4 January 2000 - Organic food 'proven' healthier (BBC News)
3 January 2000 - Genetically Modified Foods : The battle comes to Canada (Ottawa Citizen)

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