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31 December 2003 - Judge
OKs genetically modified crop ban vote (Press Democrat)
31 December 2003 - Mix-up leaves biotech project at CSUS withering on the vine (Sacramento Bee)
30 December 2003 - GMO-free Mendocino wins lawsuit against biotech industry (LH)
30 December 2003 - Genetic engineering not an answer to hunger (The Hindu)
22 December 2003 - Biotech and agri-business giants target a GMO-free Menocino (LH)
21 December 2003 - Europe split over safety of GM corn (Independent, UK)
19 December 2003 - Six UK GM seed applications withdrawn by Bayer (FoE)
19 December 2003 - Glenys Kinnock slammed for betraying Wales in key vote (Plaid Cymru)
18 December 2003 - Bayer pulls GM seed applications in UK (Reuters)
18 December 2003 - Tomato Seed from Seed Bank Found to be Genetically Modified (UC Davis)
12 December 2003 - Minister must close the gate and declare WA GM-free (GeneEthics Network)
12 December 2003 - Western Australia may adopt GM crops ban (ABC News)
11 December 2003 - GM Crops Increase Pesticide Use (ISIS)
9 December 2003 - UK defeat on move to widen GM food sales (Guardian, UK)
8 December 2003 - GM moratorium holds (FoE)
8 December 2003 - EU refuses to lift GM food ban (Farmers Weekly)
8 December 2003 - EU hopes of end to GM moratorium dashed (Environment Daily)
8 December 2003 - EU Rejects Syngenta Corn (AFX)
8 December 2003 - UK votes to allow sale of GM sweet corn, but EU moratorium on GM remains in place (FYF)
8 December 2003 - Cows die mysteriously on farm in Hesse / Germany (Greenpeace)
6 December 2003 - Greenpeace protests against GM food (ABC News)
5 December 2003 - Iwate Prefectural Government Gave up the Field Test of GM Rice (OPMCS, Japan)
4 December 2003 - Ottawa should reject Monsanto offer (Toronto Star)
3 December 2003 - GM crops need more pesticide (Greenpeace)
28 November 2003 - Tanzanian parliament blocks government on GM seeds (SciDev.net)
27 November 2003 - Largest user of canola oil goes GE-free (New Zealand Herald)
26 November 2003 - UK's Top Policy Advisor Divided Over GM Crops (Reuters)
25 November 2003 - Genetically Engineered Crops Now Increasing Pesticide Use in the United States (CB)
25 November 2003 - Call for tight rules on GM crops (BBC News)
25 November 2003 - Government's GM advisor calls for new contamination and liability laws (FoE)
20 November 2003 - USDA Sued for Overlooking Risks of Biopharm (PANUPS)
20 November 2003 - GM crops: A continent divided (Nature)
20 November 2003 - Monsanto agrees to annual audits on biotech wheat (Reuters)
16 November 2003 - Bare Witness protest, London - NO GM AMBUSH
15 November 2003 - National Trust Members vote to go GM Free (FoE)
14 November 2003 - Beware Monsanto’s Soybeans - Assessment Flawed (Pacific Ecologist)
13 November 2003 - Demonstration at Bayer HQ, Newbury, UK
13 November 2003 - Vatican accused of skewing conference on food production (Guardian, UK)
13 November 2003 - Cabinet papers warn Canada off GM crops (Guardian, UK)
11 November 2003 - African Farmers Need Water, Not GM Crops - FAO Head (Reuters)
10 November 2003 - New GM sweetcorn blocked in Europe (FoE)
10 November 2003 - EU GM decision postponed (IOL)
10 November 2003 - GM Crops Row Set to Erupt Again (The Scotsman, UK)
3 November 2003 - Oxfordshire County Council takes steps to become a GM-Free local authority (FoE)
31 October 2003 - Report says biotech wheat could cut exports in half (AP)
31 October 2003 - GM Scientists Must Face Reality (FoE)
30 October 2003 - Spain's GM controls attacked (The Scientist)
25 October 2003 - Greens seek GM crop ban (BBC News)
21 October 2003 - MPs demand GM crops debate (ic)
21 October 2003 - Co-op goes GM Free (BBC News)
20 October 2003 - British Government Seen Postponing GM Decision (Reuters)
19 October 2003 - No support from the public. No evidence. No case for GM (Independent, UK)
17 October 2003 - Papers scent trouble for GM (BBC News)
16 October 2003 - GM tests show danger to wildlife (BBC News)
16 October 2003 - GM test results already in doubt (BBC News)
16 October 2003 - GM food giant Monsanto starts retreat from Europe (Times, UK)
16 October 2003 - Monsanto departure pleases greens (BBC News)
16 October 2003 - Crops giant retreats from Europe ahead of GM report (Independent, UK)
16 October 2003 - Anti-GM Campaigners Scent Victory after Monsanto Pull-Out (Scotsman, UK)
16 October 2003 - GM crops harmful to wildlife: Another reason to halt commercialisation (GeneWatch UK)
16 October 2003 - Report on GM crops is damning (Evening Standard, UK)
16 October 2003 - GM crops can be worse for environment (New Scientist)
15 October 2003 - Monsanto Posts Loss, to Cut Jobs (Fox News)
15 October 2003 - GM crops giant Monsanto pulls out of Europe (Daily Telegraph, UK)
14 October 2003 - US firms tried to lie over GM crops, says EU (Independent, UK)
14 October 2003 - Scientists uncover risks in GM oil seed rape (Guardian, UK)
14 October 2003 - Curb on GM crop trials after insect pollution (Daily Telegraph, UK)
14 October 2003 - GM crops unlikely to remain contained, study shows (Independent, UK)
14 October 2003 - GM crop groups accused of trying to lie (Financial Times, UK)
14 October 2003 - Civil unrest threat on GM (Western Morning News)
13 October 2003 - GM activists parade in London (BBC News)
13 October 2003 - Britain moves to tighten GM crop trial rules (Reuters)
13 October 2003 - Tractor farmer leads protest (BBC News)
12 October 2003 - Flawed GM tests must start over (BBC News)
12 October 2003 - How GM crop trials were rigged (Independent, UK)
11 October 2003 - Thousands march in bid to keep ban on genetically engineered food (AFP)
10 October 2003 - Study Reveals First Evidence that GM Superweeds Exist (Independent, UK)
10 October 2003 - Cowardly NFU want no compensation for non-GM farmers with contaminated crops (Soil Association)
8 October 2003 - Welsh Assembly will take toughest line on GM (Daily Post, Wales)
8 October 2003 - Insurers refuse to cover GM farmers (Guardian, UK)
7 October 2003 - No-one will insure GM crops (FARM UK)
7 October 2003 - Insurers would not cover GM farmers (Guardian, UK)
7 October 2003 - Force-fed a diet of hype (Guardian, UK)
7 October 2003 - Insurers say too little known for GM crops cover (Yorkshire Post, UK)
6 October 2003 - GM Maize Trials involved "cynical scientific fraud" (GM Free Cymru)
4 October 2003 - Brazil GM crop plan challenged (BBC News)
3 October 2003 - GM crops fear over trial result (Daily Mirror, UK)
2 October 2003 - Counting the cost for insect life (Guardian, UK)
1 October 2003 - Farm harm in Brazil (Guardian, UK)
1 October 2003 - Scientist does about turn on GE onions (Southland Times, NZ)
30 September 2003 - Meacher calls for GM referendum (Farmers Weekly)
30 September 2003 - EU divisions continue over GM crop approvals (Environment Daily)
28 September 2003 - Top GM food company abandons British crop trials (Observer, UK)
27 September 2003 - Pull together ... protesters vow to root out GM crops (Guardian, UK)
27 September 2003 - Anti-GM Pilgrimage from Scarborough has begun (SAGE)
25 September 2003 - UK public opposes government on transgenic crops (Nature)
25 September 2003 - GM crops? No thanks (Independent, UK)
25 September 2003 - Threat of civil unrest over GM (WMN)
25 September 2003 - Brighton goes GM free (FoE)
25 September 2003 - Pilgrimage for a GM-free Britain (FoE)
25 September 2003 - 5 to 1 against GM crops in biggest ever public survey (Guardian, UK)
25 September 2003 - They reap what they sow (Guardian, UK)
24 September 2003 - Most Britons oppose GM crops (BBC News)
24 September 2003 - Government-sponsored debate rejects GM food and crops (FoE)
24 September 2003 - Britons don't want GM crops - survey (Guardian, UK)
24 September 2003 - Public still have no appetite for GM food (Five Year Freeze)
24 September 2003 - British public says 'no' to GMs (Farmers Weekly)
23 September 2003 - Brazil group stages protest over GM soy decree (Reuters)
23 September 2003 - Poor lose in GM power play (Food Ethics Council)
18 September 2003 - Please oppose genetically modified wheat, in solidarity with consumers (NO! GMO, Japan)
16 September 2003 - Company That Cloned Sheep to Sell Assets and Shut Down (NY Times)
15 September 2003 - Dudley Council backs GM crops ban (E&S)
13 September 2003 - Spanish Protesters Invade GM Maize Fields (Reuters)
12 September 2003 - Monsanto greenhouse destroyed (Guardian, UK)
12 September 2003 - Protesters disrupt US briefing at WTO conference (AFP)
12 September 2003 - Meacher slams US for "grotesque misrepresentation" (Gaia Foundation)
12 September 2003 - The Netherlands a GE-Free Zone? - Public Meeting
11 September 2003 - Public bite back in GM trade war (FoE)
11 September 2003 - Indian farmers target Monsanto (BBC News)
10 September 2003 - The GM National Debate Farce (ISIS)
10 September 2003 - Bristol goes GM free (BBC News)
10 September 2003 - The Genetically Modified Bomb (CommonDreams.org)
10 September 2003 - UK faces big setback over GM crop rules (Financial Times)
10 September 2003 - Japan wheat buyers warn against biotech wheat in US (Reuters)
9 September 2003 - EU: Court allows Italy, other countries to temporarily ban GM foods (just-food.com)
9 September 2003 - Brazil court overturns GM soy ruling (just-food.com)
9 September 2003 - Biosafety protocol enters into force across world (Xinhuanet)
8 September 2003 - UK government should delay decision on GM crops - study (Reuters)
8 September 2003 - Public panels concerned by GM (BBC News)
6 September 2003 - Monsanto's French GM Maize Crop Attacked (Reuters)
4 September 2003 - Greens say Government backing off GM food release (NZ Herald)
4 September 2003 - US Challenge presents threat to African Food Sovereignty (EPA Ethiopia)
3 September 2003 - Greens: Clark desperate over GM (NZ Herald)
28 August 2003 - Consumers don't want GM, so why use it? (Nature)
28 August 2003 - Genetically Modified food fears seen hurting Canada (Globe & Mail)
27 August 2003 - GM crops blight Spanish farms (Farmers Weekly)
27 August 2003 - Industry Struggles With Biotech Corn (AP)
26 August 2003 - GM crops in Spain don't deliver promises, but harm farmers and environment (FoE)
26 August 2003 - Councils urged to go GM free (BBC News)
25 August 2003 - A Farmer Prepares for Final Battle Against Monsanto (TierraAmerica)
24 August 2003 - Probe into 'bullying' of GM panel scientists (Observer, UK)
24 August 2003 - Blair forced to scale back his plan to introduce GM farming (Independent, UK)
23 August 2003 - Public opposition growing to lifting of GE ban (National News, NZ)
22 August 2003 - GM food group Monsanto settles child cancer claims (Daily Telegraph, UK)
21 August 2003 - Monsanto in $700m pollution settlement (Guardian, UK)
20 August 2003 - Goodman Fielder won't buy GM canola oil (ABC)
19 August 2003 - US escalates GM food row with Europe (Guardian, UK)
19 August 2003 - US fires first shot at EU biotech policy (FT)
18 August 2003 - Transatlantic trade rift over GMOs deepens (Environment Daily)
18 August 2003 - EU Officials Defend New Rules For Genetically Modified Foods (Dow Jones)
15 August 2003 - US Takes Next Step in GM Trade War (FoE)
11 August 2003 - GM wheat could harm Canadian markets (Globe & Mail)
8 August 2003 - US presses ahead with GM food case against Europe (Irish News)
8 August 2003 - EU regrets US action on GM crops (BBC News)
8 August 2003 - Litigation liabilities may cost Monsanto Co. $2.3 billion (Agribusiness Examiner)
7 August 2003 - GM turn off for shoppers (BBC News)
7 August 2003 - USDA requests dispute panel in WTO challenge to EU biotech moratorium (USDA)
6 August 2003 - To know the truth about GM, ask the Canadians (Independent, UK)
4 August 2003 - Monsanto investors warned of Solutia-related threat (Reuters)
2 August 2003 - GM crops do harm surrounding flora and fauna, farm trials likely to reveal (Independent, UK)
1 August 2003 - Seed battle heads to supreme court (BBC News)
1 August 2003 - French judge frees jailed radical farmer Bove (Reuters)
31 July 2003 - Canadian farmers debate GM wheat (BBC News)
30 July 2003 - Make Britain GM free, says Charles (Western Mail)
30 July 2003 - StarLink corn still shows up (Omaha World)
29 July 2003 - Rape ban for GM farmers (Farmers Weekly)
28 July 2003 - Illegal GM contamination threat (FoE)
26 July 2003 - The GM plot: Scientist tried to sabotage work of top academic who is a sceptic (Independent, UK)
26 July 2003 - Alert on spread of GM seeds (Guardian, UK)
26 July 2003 - RoundUp Ready Soybeans destroyed by protesters in Japan (SGM)
25 July 2003 - Blair urged to identify Government scientific advisor who threatened anti-GM scientist (Soil Association)
25 July 2003 - GM warning to trial farmers (BBC News)
25 July 2003 - Australian Approval of GM Canola Stalled by States (ENS)
25 July 2003 - Greenpeace slams GM canola decision (ABC News, Australia)
24 July 2003 - The Confédération Paysanne resumes its anti-GM actions (Le Monde, France)
23 July 2003 - GM crops gene leakage could wipe out wild relatives (Ananova)
22 July 2003 - EU ministers approve GM food and feed label rules (Reuters)
22 July 2003 - Sceptics unconvinced as agribusiness welcomes opportunity to move forward (Independent, UK)
22 July 2003 - GM inquiry exposed as top scientist quits (Daily Mail, UK)
22 July 2003 - Unexplored threat to health, wildlife and biodiversity (Guardian, UK)
22 July 2003 - GM crop ban in beauty spot (BBC News)
21 July 2003 - GeneWatch UK response to the GM science review (GeneWatch)
19 July 2003 - Shropshire County Council vote against GM crops (Shropshire Star)
18 July 2003 - New blow to Government on GM food as public debate confirms scepticism (Independent, UK)
18 July 2003 - Public suspicion forces GM rethink (Guardian, UK)
18 July 2003 - Alternative GM debate launched (Daily Mirror, UK)
17 July 2003 - South Somerset Council passes GM-free resolution
17 July 2003 - GM Public Debate ends - now Government must act on the results (Five Year Freeze)
17 July 2003 - Italian court rejects company bid to save GM maize (Reuters)
16 July 2003 - Shops unlikely to stock GM food (Guardian, UK)
16 July 2003 - U.S., EU battle rages over modified crops (CropChoice News)
15 July 2003 - Dolly creators begin mass slaughter (The Scotsman)
14 July 2003 - French protests as radical Bove gets no pardon (Reuters)
14 July 2003 - Organic farmers sing biotech blues (Des Moines Register, US)
14 July 2003 - Monsanto sues and sues and sues and... (CropChoice News)
12 July 2003 - Italian region orders GM maize fields destroyed (ABC News, Australia)
11 July 2003 - Plea for a "GM free" Scotland (BBC News)
11 July 2003 - GM crops not worth growing (ITV News)
11 July 2003 - Science review panel struggles to reach agreement on risks of GM technology (Independent, UK)
11 July 2003 - No good reason to pursue GM crop commercialisation in the UK now (GeneWatch)
10 July 2003 - Italian seed contamination scandal highlights need for tighter European legislation (Greenpeace)
10 July 2003 - GM crops a waste of time, No 10 study will tell Blair (Daily Telegraph, UK)
10 July 2003 - Little economic benefit from GM crops (BBC News)
10 July 2003 - UK risks "superweed" GM pollution (Reuters)
10 July 2003 - Ministers lobbied over GM crops (BBC News)
8 July 2003 - Lamy warns US it will lose if it seeks WTO ruling on biotech labelling (AFP)
7 July 2003 - Meacher voices further GM fears (Farmers Weekly)
6 July 2003 - No stopping GM contamination (Sunday Star Times, New Zealand)
6 July 2003 - NZ's export markets sensitive to trace GM presence (SCNZ)
4 July 2003 - Philippines Requires GMO Crop Imports To Be Declared (DowJones)
3 July 2003 - Europe's new rules won't put GM foods in shops (Forbes)
3 July 2003 - GM Food Opposition Continues (MORI)
3 July 2003 - EU secures new GE food labelling - Australians still eating in the dark (Greenpeace Australia)
3 July 2003 - Pan Africanist Congress won't break bread with Bush (Business Daily, SA)
2 July 2003 - US food conference fails to unite farmers on GM crops (Guardian, UK)
2 July 2003 - EU lifts five-year ban on GM foods, but shoppers will have choice (Daily Telegraph, UK)
2 July 2003 - MEPs ready to allow GM food in shops (Independent, UK)
2 July 2003 - MEPs back tougher GM labels (FoE)
2 July 2003 - EU Passes Tough New Rules Biotech Crops (AP)
1 July 2003 - U.S. opposes European plan for labeling genetically altered food (AP)
1 July 2003 - U.S. Farmers Decry EU Proposal (Wall Street Journal)
1 July 2003 - GM activists destroy crops (Reading Chronicle, UK)
1-31 July 2003 - Public Meetings across the UK
29 June 2003 - Protesters wreck GM crops (BBC News)
29 June 2003 - GM protesters bare all (BBC News)
29 June 2003 - GM threatens a superweed catastrophe (Independent, UK)
29 June 2003 - US retaliation against Egypt hits trade plans (Financial Times)
29 June 2003 - Sugar Mills Association Opposes GM Sugarcane (Financial Express, India)
27 June 2003 - Monsanto takes on Canada's wheat chief (Financial Times)
26 June 2003 - Natfoods destroys GMO maize (National Report, Zimbabwe)
25 June 2003 - Dangers of GM chicken feed (Daily Mail, UK)
25 June 2003 - US escalates GM trade war (BBC News)
24 June 2003 - Ethiopia wary of GM seeds (BBC News)
24 June 2003 - Minister's GM evidence flawed (Farmers Weekly)
24 June 2003 - Europe hits back at Bush in GM row (CNN)
23 June 2003 - 'Superweeds' signal setback for GM crops (Independent, UK)
23 June 2003 - Southern Cotton Becoming Bt Resistant (Deccan Herald)
23 June 2003 - Critical friend urges caution on new crops (Guardian, UK)
23 June 2003 - Modified truths (Daily Telegraph, UK)
23-25 June 2003 - Stop corporations from hijacking the world's food supply and increasing hunger - Sacramento, USA
22 June 2003 - Michael Meacher: Are GM crops safe? Who can say? Not Blair (IoS, UK)
22 June 2003 - Government slammed on GM foods (ITV News, UK)
22 June 2003 - Blair buried health warning on GM crops, says sacked minister (Independent, UK)
20 June 2003 - Biotechnology company pulls plug on GE sheep (NZ Herald)
20 June 2003 - GM trade war accelerates (FoE)
20 June 2003 - Negotiations break down on genetically modified foods (NY Times)
20 June 2003 - Australian farmers fear future without GM food ban (Guardian, UK)
19 June 2003 - Wheat board mulls legal action (Reuters)
18 June 2003 - Meacher questions Blair about GM feeding studies (Hansard)
16 June 2003 - GM food companies driven by profit not health (Daily Telegraph, UK)
15 June 2003 - Test 'Frankenstein food' on humans to assess risks, urges Meacher (Observer, UK)
15 June 2003 - The Independent Science Panel on GM Final Report
14 June 2003 - Meacher vows to keep up GM crops campaign from backbench (FT)
14 June 2003 - Meacher a loss to GM crop debate (Daily Telegraph, UK)
13 June 2003 - Who cares what 'the people' think of GM foods? (Times, UK)
13 June 2003 - UN Treaty regulating GM to become law (FoE)
12 June 2003 - Debate, what debate? (Nature)
12 June 2003 - Greens launch anti-GM crop bill (The Scotsman)
11 June 2003 - Review of Glasgow GM Public Debate
10 June 2003 - Let's do a Monsanto - The government says that it wants a 'great debate' about GM - we must call its bluff (Guardian, UK)
10 June 2003 - Law enacted to regulate GMO use (Japan Economic Newswire)
9 June 2003 - Conference venue had room for only 100 (Western Morning News)
9 June 2003 - Campaigners vow to destroy all GM crops (Western Morning News)
8 June 2003 - Supermarkets tell Blair: we won't stock GM (Observer, UK)
8 June 2003 - 'Knives out' for Meacher in row over GM crops (Daily Telegraph, UK)
8 June 2003 - Genetically modified crops? Not in my backfield (Observer, UK)
8 June 2003 - GM feed alert over organic chickens (Independent, UK)
7 June 2003 - Review of Taunton GM Public Debate
6 June 2003 - Indian GM cotton a failure (BBC News)
6 June 2003 - Early exchanges in the GM forum (Guardian, UK)
6 June 2003 - More international scientists warn against GE (GE Free NZ)
5 June 2003 - Activists target biotech wheat in Manitoba protest (Reuters)
5 June 2003 - Greenpeace Quarantines Government Research Farm in Manitoba, Canada (Greenpeace)
5 June 2003 - Review of Swansea GM Public Debate
5 June 2003 - EU may snub US over GM food (Farmers Weekly)
5 June 2003 - Government must clarify role of GM debate (FoE)
5 June 2003 - Government told: Time to come clean on GM food safety (GM Free Cymru)
5 June 2003 - EU ratifies UN protocol for genetically modified food (AP)
5 June 2003 - Strike the Fiercest Blow Against Monsanto (KMP, Philippines)
5 June 2003 - Rocky Mountain Farmers Union disappointed at CDA approval of biopharm permit (CropChoice News)
4 June 2003 - GM crops could harm property values, surveyors warn (Independent, UK)
4 June 2003 - The GM mirage will not help the poor (Guardian, UK)
3 June 2003 - Top UK miller to cut North America wheat if GM okayed (Reuters)
3 June 2003 - Public debate on future of GM crops inadequate (Financial Times, UK)
3 June 2003 - Chaotic GM debate begins (BBC News)
3 June 2003 - GM crops unreliable and a disaster (Evening Standard, UK)
3 June 2003 - Brazil activists target Monsanto (BBC News)
3 June 2003 - National Trust calls for full public participation in GM debate (National Trust, UK)
2 June 2003 - Coming soon: the great GM crops debate. But does the Government really want your views? (Independent, UK)
2 June 2003 - Government must address GM debate chaos say groups (FoE)
2 June 2003 - GM debate risks being facade (BBC News)
2 June 2003 - Bush's evangelising about food chills European hearts (Guardian, UK)
2 June 2003 - Ministers briefed to back off GM crops (Times, UK)
2 June 2003 - Q&A: the 'national debate' on GM food (Times, UK)
1 June 2003 - Ministers try to stop labels for GM food (Times, UK)
31 May 2003 - Monsanto Struggles Even as It Dominates (New York Times)
31 May 2003 - Monsanto names new chief exec - Struggling to reinvent itself (Bangkok Post)
29 May 2003 - U.S. Soybean Farmers Seriously Question Trade Representative's Remarks (SPA)
28 May 2003 - Monsanto GMO wheat far from winning market okay (Reuters)
28 May 2003 - No evidence that GM will help solve world hunger (ActionAid)
28 May 2003 - Egypt withdraws from WTO GM complaint (FoE)
28 May 2003 - GMOs - co-existence or contamination? - Brussels
28 May 2003 - GM crops of no benefit to poor, says ActionAid (Guardian, UK)
28 May 2003 - GM crops may push poorest farmers into debt (Independent, UK)
28 May 2003 - Monsanto sticks to GM wheat plans despite CWB protest (just-food.com)
27 May 2003 - GM crops need long-term monitoring (BBC News)
26 May 2003 - EU blasts back at Bush over biotech food (AFP)
25 May 2003 - Food watchdog hid fears over GM (Independent, UK)
24 May 2003 - EU aides say Bush biotech crop attack unjustified (Reuters)
24 May 2003 - Rural Women New Zealand members oppose end of GM moratorium (RWNZ)
23 May 2003 - GM FOOD: The United States Is Playing with Hunger (FoE)
22 May 2003 - European Environment Committee votes for stronger GM laws (FoE)
22 May 2003 - President attacks Europe over crops (Times, UK)
21 May 2003 - Government warned on 'invasion' of GM crops (Irish Times)
20 May 2003 - Meacher admits GM crops threaten organic output (Guardian, UK)
18 May 2003 - Protesters cut down crop (BBC News)
16 May 2003 - Brazil militants invade Monsanto biotech test farm (Reuters)
16 May 2003 - Municipal Association of Victoria calls on State Government to declare a 3 year moratorium (GE Free Victoria)
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15 May 2003 - Margaret Beckett disappointed at challenge to EU on trade in GM food and crops (DEFRA)
14 May 2003 - Tesco discontinues "The Food Doctor" functional food products (gmfoodnews.com)
14 May 2003 - Europe struggles to put the GM genie back in the bottle (Times, UK)
13 May 2003 - Public Citizen denounces Bush Administration attack on European Food Safety Policy at WTO (PC)
13 May 2003 - US launches GM trade war (BBC News)
13 May 2003 - US files WTO GM complaint (FoE)
13 May 2003 - US launches GM trade war (BBC News)
13 May 2003 - Albanian Parliament votes for ban of GMO for 5 years (OAA)
13 May 2003 - Test crops slashed by anti-GM activists (Aberdeen P&J)
12 May 2003 - IMF-World Bank-WTO Close Ranks Around Flawed Economic Policies (BWP)
11 May 2003 - National Trust urges GM boycott (BBC News)
10 May 2003 - Michael Meacher to Attend Launch of Independent Science Panel (ISIS)
9 May 2003 - Australia GM canola hopes fade with state ban (Reuters)
9 May 2003 - Growers broke GM trial rules (Farmers Weekly)
9 May 2003 - Food Standards Agency hides unanimous findings of citizen's jury (GeneWatch)
9 May 2003 - US has decided to challenge EU's policy on GM foods in WTO (AFX)
9 May 2003 - Genetic food patent challenge to hit Canada court (Reuters)
9 May 2003 - Grain exchange directors approve specifying non-GMO wheat (CropChoice News)
9 May 2003 - Government urges MEPs to vote for GM food (FoE)
9 May 2003 - Australian Labour Government Stops GE Food Crops While NZ Presses Ahead (Greenpeace NZ)
8 May 2003 - US to challenge EU's policy on GM foods in WTO: officials (AFP)
8 May 2003 - Australia rejects GE food crops (Greenpeace)
8 May 2003 - Percy Schmeiser's case is Supreme Court-bound (Council of Canadians)
7 May 2003 - GM-free produce (Swissinfo)
7 May 2003 - GM Trial destroyed at 11th hour (ELF)
6 May 2003 - FSA work on consumer attitudes to GM food (FSA)
6 May 2003 - The unsavoury prospect of GM foods (Guardian, UK)
6 May 2003 - Monsanto Climbing a Financial Limb? (GGA)
4 May 2003 - Farmers not sure they want genetically modified wheat (Star Tribune)
4 May 2003 - Scientist who pressed GM panic button raises new food health fears (Sunday Times, UK)
4 May 2003 - A case vs GM crops (The Philippine Star)
4 May 2003 - WTO turned by America into Mafia racket (Independent on Sunday, UK)
2 May 2003 - Cargill moves into Iraq (SchNEWS, UK)
1 May 2003 - Europe sees sharp decline in GMO research (Nature)
30 April 2003 - A case against genetically modified food (Independent, NZ)
30 April 2003 - We are not scared enough about GM (Western Telegraph, UK)
28 April 2003 - Fury at agriculture post for US businessman (Guardian, UK)
28 April 2003 - Inadequate GM Legislation Introduced Tomorrow (Sustainability NZ)
28 April 2003 - Blair faces huge resistance to his support for GM crops (Independent, UK)
28 April 2003 - Continuing Opposition To GM Foods (MORI)
25 April 2003 - GM protesters block gates (BBC News)
25 April 2003 - Environmental Activists Blockade GM Crops Company (GEN)
25 April 2003 - Pioneer pays fine in biotech corn mix-up; USDA begins new investigation (AP)
24 April 2003 - Pioneer biotech corn taints Hawaii crops - EPA (Reuters)
23 April 2003 - Broken Promise? Monsanto Promotes Terminator Seed Technology (ETC Group)
23 April 2003 - Actor asks Kraft to take biotech out of its U.S. food (Chicago Sun-Times)
23 April 2003 - Bayer, Lilly, DuPont, Dow may face apartheid lawsuit in 2-3 months (AFX)
22 April 2003 - Why GM crops must never be planted here (Western Morning News)
22 April 2003 - Farmers fret over 'frankenfoods' (Calgary Herald)
22 April 2003 - Thailand to start GMO food products labeling rule May 11 (Dow Jones)
22 April 2003 - Government's economic policy demands GM moratorium extension (GM Free NZ)
21 April 2003 - The heartland wrestles with biotechnology (Washington Post)
21 April 2003 - Flotsam on the whirlpool of money (New Statesman)
21 April 2003 - GM crops will destroy farms (Western Morning News)
21 April 2003 - Sugar industry threatens to scupper WHO (Guardian, UK)
20 April 2003 - GMOs tainting organic crops (Vancouver Courier)
20 April 2003 - Stubborn weeds a threat to Roundup’s revolution (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
18 April 2003 - Government spin on GE report outrageous, say Greens (NZ Herald)
18 April 2003 - Economics report fails to justify GM release (Sustainibility NZ)
18 April 2003 - Glyphosate Resistance Issues Build (FP)
18 April 2003 - Netherland: A "soft touch" on GMOs? (FoE)
17 April 2003 - Monsanto's shock and awe
17 April 2003 - Biotech wheat issue is starting to heat up (Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas))
16 April 2003 - Bt cotton farmers suffered losses (The Hindu)
16 April 2003 - Big fines seen in US probe of 2 drugmakers (Boston Globe)
15 April 2003 - Field data on India's first Bt cotton harvest (Gene Campaign)
14 April 2003 - Group opposes possible sale of meat from cloned animals (Kyodo)
13 April 2003 - Blair adviser attacks Labour GM crops 'fix' (Observer, UK)
12 April 2003 - Commit to non-GM food, councils told (BBC News)
11 April 2003 - Greenpeace activists stage GMO protest outside Nestle plant (Bangkok Post)
10 April 2003 - Opposition mounts to GM crop: survey (Austrialian AP)
10 April 2003 - Saudi GM ag imports to be labeled (NewsEdge)
9 April 2003 - Vermont Senate passes GMO seed labeling and registration bill (CropChoice News)
9 April 2003 - Bill on genetic engineering would make Texas first state to ban drug producing food crops
9 April 2003 - German GM wheat trials approved but site sabotaged (Reuters)
9 April 2003 - Government covers up conflict of interest in Corngate (NZNP)
7 April 2003 - Group destroys GM crop trial (Yorkshire Evening Post)
5 April 2003 - Monsanto barred from selling seeds in Bihar (IA News)
4 April 2003 - Kraft exec wants tougher rules on planting crops for drugs (Chicago Sun-Times)
4 April 2003 - Biotechnology advisory committee seen lacking in diversity (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News)
3 April 2003 - More Damages Awarded In Alabama Solutia PCB Case > SOI (DJ)
2 April 2003 - Cornwall councillors vote for GM produce to be kept out (Western Morning News)
2 April 2003 - Dorset Councillors asked to ban GM crops (BBC News)
2 April 2003 - GM free Wales crop pullers found guilty but remain resolute (RT)
2 April 2003 - Australian farmers reject plan to release GM canola (NCF)
2 April 2003 - Gene Regulator throws caution to the wind in GE canola countdown (GeneEthics)
1 April 2003 - Cornwall goes GM free (FoE)
1 April 2003 - Protesters claim actions justified (BBC News)
1 April 2003 - Terminator Technology & Exorcist Technology (ETC Group)
1 April 2003 - Threat to "Brand New Zealand" as leading US company rejects GE trees (GE Free NZ)
31 March 2003 - Women deny wrecking GM crop (BBC News)
31 March 2003 - GM trial attracts protest (BBC News)
31 March 2003 - Switzerland calls for more transparency on GM food (Swissinfo)
31 March 2003 - Jury trial of GM-free Wales crop pullers
30 March 2003 - Insects thrive on GM 'pest-killing' crops (Independent, UK)
29 March 2003 - GM protest trio win their appeal (The Scotsman)
28 March 2003 - Do not use GM food as "humanitarian Aid" in Iraq (PRDA)
27 March 2003 - U.S. Leaders Push Europe to Allow Biotech Crops (ENS)
25 March 2003 - Protests build against genetically modified food (IPS)
25 March 2003 - GM wheat a real 'lemon' (The StarPhoenix (Saskatoon))
24 March 2003 - GM crop pullers stand trial by jury for GM-free Wales
23 March 2003 - GM Crops: Industry 0 - Protesters 1 (Independent, UK)
21 March 2003 - Doubts over GM crops debate (Financial Times)
20 March 2003 - Credibility of GM public debate hangs by a thread (FoE)
20 March 2003 - Row erupts over GM study (Farmers Weekly)
20 March 2003 - Dim view of GM technology (Farmers Weekly)
20 March 2003 - Public fears lead to drop in GM trials (Independent, UK)
18 March 2003 - Seeds of doubt over GM (Guardian, UK)
17 March 2003 - Farmers want GE wheat barred from U.S. fields (Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News)
17 March 2003 - Nestle threatened with GM boycott (Bangkok Post)
15 March 2003 - World Consumer Rights Day - Corporate Control of the Food Chain - the GM Link
15 March 2003 - NCC calls on government to act on public's views in GM debate (NCC)
15 March 2003 - GE contaminated food stopped at port (Greenpeace Australia)
15 March 2003 - USDA mulls strict rules for Monsanto biotech wheat (Reuters)
14 March 2003 - Justice Department Opens Monsanto Probe (AP)
14 March 2003 - Consumer groups allege pro-GM crops bias (Financial Times, UK)
14 March 2003 - Food Standards Agency accused of pro-GM bias (Guardian, UK)
14 March 2003 - United States, Argentina consult on WTO biotech case versus E.U. (Reuters)
13 March 2003 - Biotech wheat may cut US exports in half - study (Reuters)
13 March 2003 - Leading consumer groups unite to condemn the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for shirking a genuine debate on GM
13 March 2003 - Groups fear OK of biotech wheat (Washington Times)
13 March 2003 - EU Legal Adviser OKs Italy's Right To Ban Modified Flour (DJ)
12 March 2003 - Farmers Want to Stop Biotech Wheat (AP)
12 March 2003 - GM crop trial [wheat] blocked by Federal Court (Swissinfo)
11 March 2003 - Groups petition US for moratorium on biotech wheat (Reuters)
11 March 2003 - Farmers push for economic analysis of GM wheat introduction (IA State)
9 March 2003 - Fury over spin on GM crops (Observer, UK)
9 March 2003 - Crop protesters are convicted of trespass (Aberdeen P&J)
9 March 2003 - Report claims FSA boss 'is pro-GM' (Sunday Herald, UK)
7 March 2003 - Littlemoor Four Acquitted at Sherborne Magistrates Court (PC)
7 March 2003 - Talking Point: Biopharm crops (Farmers Weekly)
6 March 2003 - U.S. consumer groups to sue USDA over GMO medicine crops (Reuters)
5 March 2003 - Farmers Fight to Keep Monsanto's Genetically Modified Wheat Out of Canada (CorpWatch)
5 March 2003 - Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament call for delay in GM commercial approvals (FoE)
5 March 2003 - Farmers Union Wales says GM licensing is putting cart before the horse (FUW)
5 March 2003 - Lobby groups say UK food watchdog favours biotech (Reuters)
5 March 2003 - Food Standards Agency attacked over breakway GM debate (GFA)
5 March 2003 - U.S. Seeks Partners for WTO Challenge to EU Biotech Moratorium (WF)
4 March 2003 - Joint letter to the Food Standards Agency
4 March 2003 - EU Ban on GM Foods To Stay At Least to October (Reuters)
3 March 2003 - GM Public Debate ‘meaningless’ unless Government halts GM commercialisation decisions (GeneWatch UK)
3 March 2003 - Election turns into GM-free zone (ABC News, Australia)
1 March 2003 - Stranded? Agbio at the crossroads (BiotechTech)
1 March 2003 - Food security begins and stays at home (CropChoice News)
28 February 2003 - Gene Therapy Debacle Casts Pall on Field (Washington Post)
27 February 2003 - GM exclusion zone approved (BBC News)
27 February 2003 - EU States Opposing GM Cite Lack of Crop Mix Rules (Reuters)
27 February 2003 - Debate on GM food to start in May (10 Downing Street)
25 February 2003 - Bayer hits decade low on Baycol insurance worries (Reuters)
24 February 2003 - Britain gives more time, money to GM crop debate (Reuters)
24 February 2003 - Bayer shares fall as Baycol woes mount (Reuters)
23 February 2003 - Secret GM crop experiments used terminator genes (GM Free Cymru)
23 February 2003 - Documents suggest Bayer knew Baycol problems (CNN)
22 February 2003 - Monsanto wants to sow a genetically modified future (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
21 February 2003 - United States to drop GM complaint against EU (AFP)
20 February 2003 - More time for public say on GM crops (Guardian, UK)
19 February 2003 - Food Groups Seek Moratorium on Pharma Crops (Chemical Week)
19 February 2003 - Conference to discuss banning GM crops (BBC News)
19 February 2003 - Roundup Unready (New York Times)
18 February 2003 - Swiss Launch Vote Drive to Ban Genetically Modified Foods (AFP)
18 February 2003 - Meacher attacks GM crops (BBC News)
17 February 2003 - Meacher's attack on GM crops reveals tensions (Independent, UK)
16 February 2003 - Meacher [UK Government Minister]: My fears over GM crops (PA News) Genetically modified crops are 'not necessary' to feed mankind, environment minister Michael Meacher said in an interview published today.
16 February 2003 - Europe's Ban on Genetically Modified Foods Strains (KR Tribune)
15 February 2003 - Meacher at odds with pro-business Labour (Guardian, UK)
14 February 2003 - Dolly the Cloned Sheep Put to Death (AP)
13 February 2003 - Britain weighs liability regime for gene crops (Planet Ark) Britain may implement new measures to protect organic farmers in the event of their crops being contaminated by genetically modified (GM) varieties
13 February 2003 - US will file biotech complaint vs EU (Reuters)
13 February 2003 - People Will Have A Say On GM Foods, Minister Pledges (Western Daily Press)
12 February 2003 - New Zealand to toughen controls on genetic modification experiments (AP)
12 February 2003 - Minister pledges redress for GM harm (Guardian, UK)
11 February 2003 - Gene futures: debating the use of GM crops and foods in the UK
11 February 2003 - GM Wheat Won’t Make Dough, Warns Economist (Iowa State University)
11 February 2003 - Consumers in Europe Resist Gene-Altered Foods (New York Times)
7 February 2003 - Biotech firms pay $110 million to settle StarLink lawsuit (AP)
7 February 2003 - US farmers reach $110 million StarLink settlement (Reuters)
7 February 2003 - US food groups urge halt to "bio-pharm" crops (Reuters)
6 February 2003 - F.D.A. Says Food Supply May Contain Altered Pigs (NY Times)
6 February 2003 - GM Debate Chair slams Government (FoE)
6 February 2003 - US Makes Non-GM Food Donation (allafrica.com)
5 February 2003 - U.S. Delays Suing Europe Over Ban on Modified Food (NY Times)
4 February 2003 - North Dakota bill would hold firms liable if biotech wheat spreads (AP)
4 February 2003 - Welsh council seeks to become GM-free zone (Western Mail)
31 January 2003 - Heinz goes green, guarantees baby food GMO-free (CTV, Canada)
30 January 2003 - Shares in Bayer plummet by more than 6 per cent (FAZ)
28 January 2003 - Wheat Industry Wrestles with GMO Issues (Reuters)
28 January 2003 - WFP urged to remove GM relief food in Zambia (Xinhua)
27 January 2003 - Italian miller to reject genetically modified wheat (St Louis Business Journal)
27 January 2003 - Bush aides meet on EU biotech case (Reuters)
27 January 2003 - GM crops could claim first UK victim (GM Free Cymru)
27 January 2003 - Watchdog condemns GM milk (FWi)
26 January 2003 - Shoppers prompt crackdown on GM food (The Age, Australia)
25 January 2003 - Don't Pester Europe on Genetically Modified Food (NY Times)
24 January 2003 - Bt cotton 'success' a lie: Greenpeace (Times of India)
22 January 2003 - GM Public Debate Fiasco (FoE)
21 January 2003 - U.S. Food Firms Face Backlash Over Possible WTO Complaint (WSJ)
21 January 2003 - Historic claim against PCB producers (FoE Norway)
20 January 2003 - Protest at shipment of GM grain (Herald Sun, Australia)
20 January 2003 - EU's Nielson blasts U.S. "lies" in GM food row (Reuters)
20 January 2003 - Brazil to re-export or burn US GM corn cargo (Reuters)
17 January 2003 - Food for skylarks (Independent, UK)
16 January 2003 - Market loss fears surround Roundup Ready wheat (Manitoba Co-operator)
16 January 2003 - GMO food aid and high crimes (IATP)
16 January 2003 - French Actors Destroy GM Crops in Support of Bove (Reuters)
15 January 2003 - Right to reply (Guardian, UK)
15 January 2003 - Community backing for legal challenge on GE Cows as Bio Ethics Council sidelined (GE Free NZ)
15 January 2003 - Gene Therapy Trials Halted (NY Times)
15 January 2003 - Health risk fears spark call for moratorium on GM crop trials (The Scotsman, UK)
15 January 2003 - Ministers mishandled GM tests (The Herald, UK)
15 January 2003 - Swiss GM moratorium initiative gains momentum (Checbiotech)
14 January 2003 - Scottish Parliament's Health Committee say assessment of GM crops is flawed (SP)
14 January 2003 - Call for immediate moratorium on GM crops (Munlochy Vigil)
14 January 2003 - US looks poised to turn words into action on GM crops (FT)
14 January 2003 - Widely Used Crop Herbicide Is Losing Weed Resistance (NY Times)
12 January 2003 - Chemical giant paid students to drink pesticides (Ottawa Citizen)
11 January 2003 - Activities of ACRE re GM Contamination Report - Letter to Michael Meacher (GM Free Cymru)
10 January 2003 - US Government's lack of safety standards for GM crops revealed by consumer representative in Brussels (CI)
10 January 2003 - Against the grain (Guardian, UK)
10 January 2003 - Roundup-resistant weeds are cropping up (Des Moines Register)
10 January 2003 - Malawi Government Officials Uproot GM Maize Plants (allafrica.com)
10 January 2003 - Japan corn trade paralysed by StarLink fears, higher costs (Reuters)
10 January 2003 - GM lobbyists cry foul as major report is `buried' (Western Mail, Wales)
10 January 2003 - EU's anti-GM stance under threat (CNN)
10 January 2003 - U.S. Threatens to Act Against Europeans Over Modified Foods (New York Times)
10 January 2003 - EU vows to fight if US files WTO suit on GMO ban (AP)
9 January 2003 - Council will launch an all out attack against GM wheat (Council of Canadians)
9 January 2003 - Monsanto puts GM wheat before regulators (Reuters)
9 January 2003 - US ready to declare war over GM food (Financial Times)
9 January 2003 - US chief warns Brussels over GM ban (BBC News)
9 January 2003 - WHO 'infiltrated by food industry' (Guardian, UK)
9 January 2003 - No guarantee of GM food safety (Australian Broadcasting Company)
8 January 2003 - Rejected GE corn dumped in Australia (GEN)
8 January 2003 - Row over GM crop trials (BBC News)
7 January 2003 - GM protest charges dropped (BBC News)
7 January 2003 - FDA Policies for Gene-Altered Foods Faulted in Report (Washington Post)
7 January 2003 - India rejects corn-soya consignment over bio-safety concerns (Asia Pulse)
6 January 2003 - UK Supermarkets maintain strict GM free policy for 2003 (gmfoodnews.com)
6 January 2003 - Safety of transgenic animals doubted (UPI)
6 January 2003 - Japan to Boost StarLink Testing (Farm Progess)
5 January 2003 - India says ‘No’ to food aid from US (IndiaExpress Bureau)
4 January 2003 - Superweed fears after GM crop 'interbreeding' (NewsEdge)
3 January 2003 - GM report sparks new row (Farmers Weekly)
2 January 2003 - India rejects food aid over GM content (Financial Times)

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