Monthly Online Updates on GE

2008 MARCH

• New Delhi March 27th genetic modified brinjal is coming soon to the commercial and expect to be the country's first edible GM crop.
  
  First, Delhi high court will have to decide whether the company conducting its field trials can keep data on health and environment safety tests out of the public domain on the grounds. And the data question comprises toxicity and allergenicity studies.    read ...
  Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
  
  
• New Delhi, March 26: Civil society groups concerned about the safety of genetically modified food crops feel that the companies involved in it have doubtful track records of concealing safety data on GM crops.
  
  The journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology analysed results of safety tests submitted by Monsanto to the European Food Safety Commission on its GE corn In March 2007.
  
  However civil society groups pointed out that Monsanto, a leading company in genetically engineered crops, has a dubious track record.    read ...
  Source: howrah.org
  
  
• NALGONDA: farmers decide to exert pressure on the Government against releasing Bt brinjal, Bt rice, etc. They also decided to put the pressure on the government against releasing other GM crops like Bt brinjal, Bt rice, etc. The farmers consist of an ad-hoc committee of 10 farmers.    read ...
  Source: www.hindu.com
  
  
• BANGKOK, March 13 (TNA) - Foreign Trade Department Director-General Apiradee Tantraporn on Thursday denied a report that some of the country's trademark Thai jasmine rice is produced based on genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
  
  Her denial came after the news of Thailand had accelerated a counter test on some jasmine rice after the World Trade Organization made a strict scrutiny of origin of some commodity, she said.
  
  Thailand's 2007-2011 strategic rice plans expressed clearly that Thai rice is free of GMOs. The standard test and certification of the GMO-free rice are set in the plan.    read ...
  Source: enews.mcot.net
  
  
• CALGARY, March 19 /CNW/ - Percy Schmeiser has settled his lawsuit with Monsanto. Monsanto has agreed to pay all the clean-up costs of the Roundup Ready canola that contaminated Schmeiser's fields.
  
  It was about unwanted Roundup Ready canola plants that landed on Schmeiser's fields. Monsanto refused to reimburse or compensate Schmeiser for this contamination unless he signed an agreement to not speak publically on the matter and that he would never sue Monsanto for contamination.    read ...
  Source: www.gmwatch.org