Headlines of all articles in Bio Journal translated into English (most recent at top, abbreviations table at foot of page). Where the entire article has been translated into English the headline below is linked to the article. For further information, kindly contact CBIC staff at: cbic@mtf.biglobe.ne.jp

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Trend: Impacts of GM soy on the second generation (Regnum 2005/11/02)

News

• State of long-term pollution by GM crops becomes clear (Independent 2005/10/09)
• Research report on cedar pollen allergenic GM rice
• GM mustard and GM rice soon to be approved in India (Daily Times [Pakistan] 2005/10/20)
• Application for new GM food additive (Nikkei Biotech 2005/10/14)
• GM maize seed contamination in Hokkaido (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2005/10/19)
• Judgement on USA's claim against EU postponed till after WTO cabinet ministers conference (American Soy Association weekly 2005/10/10)
• Monsanto checks GM soy imports to Europe from South America (ALIC - overseas livestock information, October 2005)
• Australia: GM contamination rate regulations start (Mail Times 2005/10/28)
• UK: Report on GM crops and environment (AgProfessional 2005/10/11)
• Belgian corporation and Australian research institute begin development of GM wheat (Nikkei Biotech 2005/10/24)
• EU Court turns down GM crop cultivation regulations (Kyodo 2005/10/06)
• NGO conference on GM rice development in Thailand
• Referendum on GMO-free zone in California (AP 2005/11/09)
• Approval for Ajinomoto GM food additive
• Cloned animals approved for food in USA (Washington Post 2005/10/06)
• Metropolitan Tokyo drafts GM crop cultivation guidelines
• GM regulations in Chiba Prefecture food safety by-law draft
• Shiga Prefecture survey shows residents sceptical on GM food (Kyoto Shinbun 2005/10/17)
• GM crop regulation guidelines and by-laws continue to appear in Japanese regions

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Human embryo, embryonic stem cells, human clone embryo

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Trend: Codex agrees to work on GM animals and GM plants

News

• GM alfalfa approved for feed use
• Bt and high yield GM cotton in China (China Daily 2005/09/19)
• China to approve GM rice this year? (China Daily, Reuter 2005/09/29)
• Joetsu, Niigata GM rice - silent harvest
• Cedar pollen allergenic GM rice will be tested on humans (Yomiuri Shimbun 2005/09/14)
• Suntory Ltd. apply for GM blue rose open-air trial
• GM maize expands in France (Le Figaro 2005/09/06)
• Ban on export of GM soy from Paranagua continues (American Soybean Association 2005/09/19)
• Investigative commission begins work on GMO cultivation regulations for Tsukuba
• JA Chiba requests prefecture to prevent genetic pollution and contamination by GM crops
• Shimane Prefecture freezes research on GM crops for human food (San-in Chuoh Shinbun 2005/10/05)
• Tokushima Prefecture enacts GM crop cultivation regulatory guidelines
• Japan moves towards signing of the plant genetic resources treaty (Nikkei Biotech 2005/09/12)
• MAFF requests large budget increase for promotion of GM crops (Nikkei Biotech 2005/09/12)
• MHLW begins discussions on human embryo use
• MEXT discusses pros and cons of ovum donation fees
• MAFF approves new GM rapeseed variety

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Closeup: Australian State Government sticks to non-GMO rapeseed

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Trend: Trend: GM rice suit in Joetsu, Niigata - Unusual court order

News

• Bt toxin loses effect after 110 days (The Hindu 2005/08/12, etc.)
• Widening GM canola contamination in Australia (AAP 2005/08/08)
• GM crop and allergy study in Portugal (Reuter 2005/08/31)
• Ghana rejects import of GM crops (Ghanaian Chronicle 2005/08/22)
• Kenya halts GM maize field trial (SciDev.Net 2005/09/01)
• GM crops ebbing away in US? (The Hindu Business 2005/08/22)
• USAID targets developing countries for expansion of GM crop marketing (The Financial Express 2005/08/29)
• Monsanto unable to collect royalties in south America (Gazeta Marcantil 2005/08/02 etc)
• Argentinian government in opposition to Monsanto? (Reuter 2005/08/22)
• Philippines approves "stacked-trait" GM corn (Xinhua News 2005/08/04)
• EU Commission approves MON863 and GT73 (AP 2005/08/08 etc)
• GMO Free Zone declaration - Tohoku Network
• Codex task force, unauthorized GMO to be discussed
• Bt10 contamination continues
• Blood screening for BSE infection now available (Wired news 2005/8/28)
• Director of Kyoto University Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences criticizes MEXT policy
• South Korean cloned dog dies (Nature 2005/8/4)
• MAFF approves 5 items of 2 new GM crop varieties

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Crime suspect DNA database becomes operational

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Trend: Trend: Buffer zones focal point in Hokkaido bylaw to regulate GM cultivation

News

• Serious declines of butterflies triggered by GM crops (Daytona Beach News-Journal 2005/07/05)
• GM canola contamination uncovered in Australian Non-GM canola (Gene Ethics Network 2005/07/15)
• India to start R&D on drought tolerant GM rice (The Hindu Business 2005/06/27)
• Unapproved GM Bt10 maize also detected at Kamaishi port and Hakata port
• Iran approves GM Bt rice for commercialization (SciDev.Net 2005/02/18)
• African research institution to develop GM sorghum (Reuter 2005/07/05)
• Content of hidden report on Monsanto GM Bt maize revealed (Institute for Responsible Technology 2005/07/11)
• Huge economic damage caused by Monsanto GM Bt cotton in India (The Hindu 2005/07/05)
• Illegal GM papaya cultivation spreads in Thailand (Greenpeace 2005/07/07)
• US dairy industry expresses opposition to cloned cows (AP 2005/0711)
• GM Green Pepper to prevent Alzheimer's disease (Nikkei Biotech 2005/07/18)
• "Oral vaccine" development plant to be constructed (Nikkei Biotech 2005/07/18)
• Tsukuba University starts open-air test on GM eucalyptus (Mainichi Shinbun Ibaraki edition 2005/07/07)
• Niigata mayors pass resolution to halt field trial of GM rice (Niigata Nippo 2005/07/22)
• MAFF approves four GM maize varieties for Type I usage
• MEXT approves two new human ES cell research programs
• MEXT invites ROK human clone embryo researchers

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What is going to be discussed and decided at the Codex meeting in Japan?

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Trend: Trend: GM rice R&D in now occurring worldwide

News

• China's response to illegally cultivated GM rice
• GM rice planted for line selection in Joetsu City
• Application for temporary injunction to suspend GM rice trial
• Cold-resistant rice to be tested in Hokkaido in 2007 (Japan Agricultural Newspaper, 2005/06/09)
• NIAS transplants cedar pollen allergenic rice
• Bt corn: yields poor, leads to environmental destruction (Indymedia Colombia 2005/06/23)
• WHO grants GM food has some advantages (AFP 2005/06/23)
• USDA announces GM plantied areas (USDA 2005/06/30)
• EU environmental commission decides against end of GMO moratorium
• GM somatic cell clone goat and pig born
• A cross-pollination-suppressed corn (Science AFP 2005/07/03)
• Human clone embryo guidelines: agreement to revise current guidelines

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Results of a nationwide survey on alien GM canola growing wild in Japan

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Trend: Monsanto's Bt maize shows abnormality with animal testing (Reuter 2005/05/23)

News

• Unapproved GM maize Bt10 detected at Nagoya port
• Japan finds illegal Chinese GM rice hard to handle
• Multiple herbicide-resistant GM rice R&D in Japan (Organic Consumers Association 2005/04/24)
• GM crop R&D in developing countries (FAO Report 2005/05/06, UNCTAD Report 2005/05/11)
• New GM Golden Rice moves towards commercialisation (Japan Agricultural News 2005/06/05)
• GM coffee development in Brazil (Planet Ark 2005/05/19)
• Alaska mandates labelling of GM fish (Peninsula Clarion 2005 May)
• Canada refuses visa for Ethiopian representative (Messages from Tewolde Berhan Gebre Gziabher via GM Watch)
• Indian government refuses permission for continued sales of GM cotton seeds (Aljazeera 2005/05/03)
• Anticancer drug-producing GM chicken
• ES cells produced from cloned embryo in ROK (South Korea)
• Two new human ES cell research projects approved
• 300,000 person gene bank project samples pass the 130,000 mark
• No use of cells from aborted foetuses
• Review of applications for GM tree outdoor trials to begin
• Japanese government opinion on Codex Task Force
• Cartagena Protocol meeting bogged down
• Correction & Reply

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Hokuriku Research Center's multi-resistant GM rice

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Trend: EU imposes de facto ban on GM maize from US

News

• Vermont passes farmer protection law
• France begins to promote GMOs
• German Bundeslander (state) initiates litigation against federal "coexistence law" (Nikkei Biotech 2005/4/25)
• MAFF reviews GM rice inter-crossing distance
• Illegal GM mouse sold
• Citizen's groups release statement on illegal mouse
• Somatic clone of champion horse born in Italy (Kyodo Tsushin 2005/4/15)
• MLHW opens new research lab
• Non-approved GM rice cultivated and distributed in China
• Table of applications of GM animals (FAO/WHO)

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Recent hearings held for open-field GM crop trials

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Trend: Monsanto strengthens sales in Third World (Reuters 2005/03/04)

News

• Distribution of non-approved GM corn uncovered in USA
• GM rape a bad influence on biodiversity (FoE UK 2005/03/21)
• Syngenta develops new golden rice (New Scientist 2005/03/27)
• NIAS develops a co-enzyme Q10 rice
• Bulgaria bans GM crops to come into line with EU (Science AFP 2005/03/09)
• First approval for GM alfalfa
• Suspension of GM feed in Australia (Wired news 2005/03/11)
• GM rape ban to continue in Western Australia
• Minnesota plans GMO-free rice zone (Organic Consumers Association 2005/03/14)
• Canadian citizens hope for GMO-free zone (Greenpeace Canada 2005/03/30)
• Serious damage to GM soy in Brazilian drought (soyatech.com 2005/04/04)
• Consumer refusal of GM food increasing in China (Greenpeace China 2005/03/14)
• USA supports but Japan opposes UN resolution to ban human cloning
• Legal regulation of personal genetic data protection postponed
• New case of leukaemia as side-effect to gene therapy
• Relaxation of safety testing procedures for GM food additives proposed
• Illegal GM rice distributed in China

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GM crop cultivation regulation bill passes Hokkaido assembly. Researchers demand understanding for GMO research

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Trend: US consumers do not know about GM food (Rutgers University FPI 2005/01/31)

News

• Superweeds spreading in US (Delta Farm Press 2005/02/16)
• Clinical tests on Hepatitis B Vaccine GM potato (New Scientist 2005/02/14)
• GM maize Starlink found in Food Aid for Guatemala (Associated Press 2005/02/17)
• NIES publishes results on GM canola pollution
• Codex Biotech Task Force re-opens in September
• MHLW says allergenic GM rice is a drug
• Tsukuba city to regulate GM crop cultivation
• More food safety assessments for cloned cattle underway... (Nikkei Biotech 2005/02/14)
• Monsanto buys two more seed companies (Associated Press 2005/02/17)
• S African environmental group wins case on GMO information disclosure (News24 South Africa 2005/02/24)
• 300,000 person gene bank to start distribution of blood and DNA samples
• Riken and the National Research Institute of Police Science start joint research on DNA identification
• Feature: Current state of GMO-free zones in Europe (2)

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Bylaw regulating GM crop cultivation being debated in Hokkaido assembly

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Trend: Expanding GM crop cultivation, questions concerning statistics (GM Watch 2005/1/12 and others)

News

• Monsanto's litigation strategy revealed (Center for Food Safety, 2005/01/13)
• Monsanto fined for bribery in Indonesia (BBC, 2005/01/7, and others)
• Monsanto buys seed company (Reuters, 2005/01/24)
• GM rice to be approved in Bangladesh (BBC, 2005/01/18)
• New GMO-free zone in Canada (CNW Telbec, 2005/01/19)
• Angola bans import of GM seeds and crops (Independent Online, 2005/01/24)
• Italian lower house passes "coexistence" law (Checkbiotech, 2005/01/21)
• GM animal "factories" start production of pharmaceutical product (Nikkei Biotech, 2005/01/17)
• Use of cells from aborted fetuses likely to be postponed
• MAFF approves 13 new GM crop plants
• MEXT approves a further five programs for use of human ES cells
• Feature: Current state of GMO-free zones in Europe (1)

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Current state of GM crop cultivation in various regions
Current State of GM Crop Cultivation in Asia
South America
Africa
North America

Contents

Trend: Whither GM Crops? (PR Newswire 2004/12/08, Nikkei Biotech Annual for 2005)

News

• Cedar pollen allergenic GM rice experiment
• Group of scientists calls for ban on non-food GM crop cultivation (Union of Concerned Scientists Press Release 2004/12/13)
• Bt maize patent conflict (Agriculture online 2004/12/15)
• 30% of processed foods are contaminated with GM crops
• Mexico passes law affectively accepting GM crops (Reuters 2004/12/15)
• Italian GMO-Free Municipalities reach 1806 (ANSA-TURIN 2004/12/21)
• Introduction of GM maize delayed in Kenya (SciDev.net 2004/12/14)
• Monsanto's new strategy in Argentina (AgProfessional 2004/12/17)
• Establishment of a bio research centre in Vietnam (Crop Biotech Net 2005/01/07)
• GM cows born in China (Kyodo News 2005/01/05)
• GM crop crossbreeding research in Russia (Crop Biotech Net 2005/01/07)
• Trends in Citizens' Movements against GM crops in 2005
• Rice genome sequencing completed
• GM trees planted in China (Vermont Gardian 2004/12/18)
• Fallout from the failure of Iressa

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Why cloning techniques result in many abnormalities

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Trend: Law on co-existence with GM crop cultivation adopted by German Parliament (Friends of the Earth Europe 2004/11/26)

News

• New developments in GM soybean cultivation in Hokkaido (Hokkaido Shinbun 2004/12/06)
• GM rice likely to be approved in China (The Economist 2004/11/18)
• The World Conservation Union (IUCN) calls for moratorium on release of GMOs (Environmental News Service 2004/11/22)
• Italy lifts ban on GM crop cultivation (Science AFP 2004/11/11)
• Bayer Crop Science gives up on GM OSR in UK (Independent on Sunday 2004/11/21)
• Bayer Crop Science to pull out from India, on the heels of Australia (Greenpeace India 2004/11/15)
• Mass die-off of wild birds from chicken cholera (Nikkei Biotech 2004/11/22)
• US to accept contamination by experimental GM crops (Friends of the Earth International 2004/11/23)
• Slack GM food safety evaluation in US (Environmental Media Service 2004/11/16)
• Arcata city council adopts anti-GMO ordinance (GM Watch 2004/11/18)
• GM food testing standard to be introduced in Korea (Korea Times 2004/11/30)
• Monsanto establishes American Seeds, Inc. (GM Watch 2004/11/17)
• Monsanto plans trials for GM lawn in Japan (Japan Agriculture News 2004/12/03)
• MAFF approves six new GM crops
• Lifting of ban on sale of somatic cell cloned beef postponed
• Strong opposition to enactment of personal genetic data law

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Update on Hokkaido bylaw on GM crop cultivation