Two German Universities Halt GE Maize Field Trials due to Public Pressure

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Two German Universities Halt GE Maize Field
Trials due to Public Pressure
SOURCE German universities bow to public
pressure over GM crops Nature News,
5/14/08 http//www.nature.com/news/2008/080514/ful
l/453263a.html
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Regulatory requirements for Australian growers
for commercial planting of RR canola

• Complete accreditation course on management,
  stewardship, grain hygiene protocol
• Sign technical users' agreement indicating
  acreage, locations and sowing dates
• Fill in paddock resistance risk calculator that
  assesses risk of glyphosate resistance in
  ryegrass

SOURCE Roundup Ready canola - the process,
Farm Online, April 16, 2008 http//sl.farmonline.c
om.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/oilse
ed/roundup-ready-canola-the-process/84898.aspx
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Minnesota Law Requires Environmental Impact
Statement To Perform Genetic Modification of Wild
Rice
SOURCE http//wcco.com/local/local_story_14912561
0.html
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Dupont completes regulatory submissions for
soybean tolerant to Roundup and ALS herbicides
SOURCE http//www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/
stories.nsf/story/A9E55E687FE19B818625723500114224
?OpenDocument
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SOURCEhttp//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conten
t/article/2006/11/05/AR2006110501092.html
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2005 IRRI Field Trail - Recovery after 17 d
submergence
SOURCE Capital Press, February 23, 2007.
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In fact at various stages of the field test
processweaknesses in APHIS regulations and
internal management controls increase the risk
that regulated genetically engineered organisms
(GEO) will inadvertently persist in the
environment before they are deemed safe to grow
without regulation. Excerpt from USDA Audit
SOURCE http//www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs
.dll/article?AID/20051230/BUSINESS01/512300334Se
archID73231131107800
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The EPA regulates GM crops with pesticide
properties, primarily under FIFRA.10 FIFRAs
express preemption provision states that a State
shall not impose any requirements for labeling or
packaging in addition to or different from those
required under FIFRA. 7 U.S.C. 136v(b).
In recent years, numerous courts have struck
state laws regarding food labeling on either
express or implied preemption grounds.12
Although a full preemption analysis of the many
differing proposed state statutes on GM
technology is beyond the scope of this LEGAL
BACKGROUNDER, many of these statutes, if enacted,
would likely fail on preemption grounds.
Excerpted from Lasker, E. 2005. Federal
Preemption and State Anti-GM Food Laws. Legal
Backgrounder, Vol. 20 No. 60. Washington Legal
Foundation
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AB541 Liability for damages caused by
genetically engineered plants
This bill provides a protocol for obtaining and
testing crop samples to determine whether a
contract has been breached or a patent infringed.
Also protective orders against intentional
destruction or damage to crops. Farmer is not
liable due to presence of patented GE plant when
farmer did not knowingly buy or acquire GE crop.
Signed into law Sept. 27, 2008
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AB541, as introduced in February 2007, bears
little resemblance to bill passed in September
2008
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SOURCE Capital Press, April 27, 2007
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Region of Upper Austria Prohibited by EU Court
from Banning Growth of GM Crops
SOURCE http//euobserver.com/9/20018
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Biosafety research studies environmental impacts
of potatoes engineered by German scientists to
produce cyanophycin - used to produce
biodegradable plastic
SOURCE Plastic from potatoes, GMO Safety,
3/4/09, http//www.gmo-safety.eu/en/potato/nutriti
on/675.docu.html
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SOURCE Capital Press, January 22, 2010
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SOURCE Capital Press, December 18, 2009
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SOURCE Capital Press, March 19, 2010
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Seven food crops approved in the US
SOURCE http//www.capitalpress.com/content/All-mp
-transgenic-sidebar
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SOURCE Capital Press, April 16,
2010 http//www.capitalpress.com/print/mp-alfalfa-
analysis
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SOURCE New York Times, August 13,
2010 http//www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/business/14
sugar.html?_r1
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SOURCE Capital Press, August 28,
2010 http//www.capitalpress.com/print/djw-wheatGM
O-082710
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SOURCE Ledford, H. 2011. Transgenic grass skirts
regulators. Nature 475 274-275.
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EFSA concludes that Roundup Ready maize from
Syngenta is as safe as conventional in nutrition
and, if appropriate management is followed, safe
for environment.
SOURCE "Scientific Opinion on application
(EFSA-GMO-UK-2008-60) for placing on the market
of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize
GA21 for food and feed uses, import, processing
and cultivation under Regulation (EC) No
1829/2003 from Syngenta Seeds", EFSA Scientific
Opinion, 12/16/11. http//www.efsa.europa.eu/en/ef
sajournal/pub/2480.htm