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Week of October 28th - November 3rd

Oct 29/Oct 29/Oct 30/Oct 31/Nov 1/Nov 2/Nov 3




Posted on November 2, 2001

Helping to Feed Almost Half the Planet, IRRI Press Release, October 29, 2001

Shoppers Hit Grocery Aisles Today to Label GE Food, Day Marks National Launch of Citizen's Labeling Brigade, Press Release, October 30, 2001

Monsanto prunes earnings guidance, Financial Times (London), October 24, 2001




Posted on November 1, 2001

Malaysia: An ambitious start toward the formulation of a Biosafety Law, Crop Biotech Net, October 2001

Meetings launch international program to protect food security and conserve biodiversity EurekAlert.org, October 31, 2001

Potential environmental risks and hazards of biotechnology, by William M. Muir, Department of Animal Science, Purdue University, November 1, 2001

ETC News Release: Thai-phoon in the rice bowl?, October 30, 2001

Jasmine rice confusion: call for review of IRRI ties, The Nation, November 1, 2001

Report on Vancouver Meeting of the Codex Ad Hoc Working Group on Allergenicity, Held Sept. 10-12, 2001, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology, WHO 53rd Session, World Health Assembly Report




Posted on October 31, 2001

EU Nations OK Some Modified Foods, AP Online, October 29, 2001

IFIC Consumer Attitudinal Research: Most Americans can Articulate Expected Benefits of Food Biotechnology, International Food Information Council (IFIC), October 21, 2001

Both sides ready to claim GE win, New Zealand Herald, October 29, 2001

No bio-terror fear from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) say plant scientists -- Rumors of anthrax-like dangers from organic pesticides and biotech plants are unfounded, AgBioWorld, October 29, 2001

Greenpeace chides Canada, grocers on food labeling, Reuters via just-food.com, October 30, 2001

No end in sight for EU block on new GM foods, Reuters, October 29, 2001

U.S. seen handing China GMO soy papers this week, Reuters, October 30, 2001

Patchwork of Laws: State Legislatures Take on GM Foods, AgBiotechBUZZ, October 29, 2001




Posted on October 30, 2001

Bt Corn Costs Often Higher Than Returns in Indiana, Ag Answers, October 26, 2001