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

Contents

Trend:
GM rice distribution problem spreads (GM Watch 2006/10/29, Hindu Business 2006/11/01, Bangkok Post 2006/10/31)

News

• GM crop cultivation regulation begins in Mexico (IPS 2006/10/28)
• USA food strategy sets its sites on Africa (GM Watch 2006/11/02)
• Monsanto-related personnel disappear from Bush administration (GM Watch 2006/11/08)
• EC reiterates demand for removal of Austrian GM regulations (ALIC/WEEKLY 2006/10/11)
• Romania still not complying on GMOs right before EU admission (GM Watch 2006/10/18)
• Greenpeace files against Thai government over GM pollution (Greenpeace Thai 2006/10/26)
• Indian supreme court approves outdoor trials for GM mustard (GM Watch 2006/11/09)
• Cultivation trial GM rice uprooted in India (Telugu Portal 2006/11/11)
• Anti-GM cotton campaign begins in Northern Territory, Australia (GM Watch 2006/10/23)
• Non-GM vitamin A potato developed in Uganda (Kampala New Vision 2006/11/07)
• Golden Rice goes to large-scale cultivation trial in India (Financial Express 2006/10/13)
• Results of MAFF inspection of US GM rice
• By-law on GM crop regulation goes to Takahata Town council
• Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine develops a GM technique using pollen (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2006/10/18)
• US to allow food from cloned animals? (USA Today 2006/10/23)
• New Riken project on human ES cells approved
• Opinions from the general public on human clone embryo research announced
• Policy to allow genetic modification of embryos for repromed only

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Meeting of CODEX Task Force on Biotechnology opens in Chiba

Contents

Trend:
Non-approved GM rice distribution: Japanese government has no effective countermeasure

News

• Illegal distribution of non-approved GM rice spreading in Europe (AFP 2006/09/28 and others)
• Illegal rice distribution hits US rice belt Associated Press 2006/10/11)
• LL rice 601 detected in rice products in Middle East (GM Watch 2006/10/10)
• Illegal GM cotton cultivation spreading in Brazil (Cattle Network 2006/09/15)
• Percentage of GM crop planted area increases in US (Nikkei Net 2006/09/19)
• US superweed countermeasures
• GM canola not approved by EU agriculture ministers council (GM Watch 2006/09/19)
• High cost of GM cotton cause of growing farmer suicides in India (Times of India 2006/09/30)
• India's supreme court calls for suspension of approval of GM cotton (The Hindu 2006/09/23)
• Outdoor trials to decide future of GM crop cultivation in Africa (South Africa Cape Times 2006/09/25)
• Beet added to list of labelled GM foods
• Final decision of WTO: EU GMO policy infringes trade agreement (AFP 2006/09/29)
• Imabari City passes GM crop regulation by-law
• Results of MAFF survey of GM canola volunteers to be announced this fiscal year
• Review of epidemiology research guidelines begins
• Safety assessment guidelines for nutritional supplements to be on agenda for Codex Sixth Session
• Bioethanol plant begins operation in Osaka (Nikkei Biotech 2006/09/25)
• GM approval data for October

Closeup
Riken genetic data leak incident and the 300,000 person gene bank project

Contents

Trend:
Non-approved GM rice in distribution system - first in China, now in the USA (New York Times 2006/08/22 and Reuter 2006/08/29)

News

• Chinese GM rice discovered in Europe (GM Watch 2006/09/05)
• GM crop cultivation contravenes endangered species law (Washington Post 2006/8/16)
• Unauthorized GM maize Bt10 being field tested in Shizuoka Prefecture
• Cedar pollen allergy GM rice harvested
• Flood-resistant rice developed (Nature 2006/08/10)
• Cedar pollen allergy GM rice cultivation in Tokushima Prefecture (MAFF press release 2006/09/06)
• Genetic pollution unexpectedly widespread (GM Watch 2006/08/09)
• Monsanto monopolizes cotton seed market (New York Times (2006/08/16)
• Bill to prevent GM regulation fails in California (GM Watch 2006/09/09)
• Milk cow feed GM maize uprooted in Germany (GM Watch 2006/08/18)
• Legal regulation of GM food to be enforced in Sri Lanka from 2007 (GM Watch 2006/08/22)
• Establishment of citizens' executive committee on GM crops in Hokkaido (Mainichi Shimbun Hokkaido edition 2006/08/29)
• MAFF gets serious about bioethanol production (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2006/08/22)
• Human ES cells approved for use in drug toxicity testing
• Human clone embryo report: Tokyo hearing held
• This month's keyword: Terminator Technology

Closeup
The Story of the Non-approved "LL Rice 601"

Contents

Trend:
Economic losses from GM crops expand (GM Watch 2006/7/25)

News

• Indian high court decides on ban for GM crops (The Hindu 2006/7/15)
• India develops a series of GM crops (Hindu Business 2006/7/25)
• Bangla Desh agriculture minister makes clear stance on protection of biodiversity (New Age 2006/7/28)
• Co-existence law for three kinds of agriculture announced in UK (DEFRA News 2006/7/21)
• EU food companies agree on boycott of soy from logged rainforests (Guardian 2006/7/24)
• Another cancellation of GM crop trials in France (Le Monde 2006/7/26)
• No change to freedom of information policy on GMOs in Russia (G8 Civil Society Summit 2006/7/6)
• Indict Monsanto; million signature campaign begins in US (GM Watch 2006/7/20)
• GMO research funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation rejected in South Africa (SciDev 2006/7/20)
• Impact of long-term GM crop cultivation on environment
• MAFF announces state of investigation into GM canola volunteers
• Current state of bylaws and guidelines concerning regulation of GM crop cultivation in Japanese prefectures
• Suntory develops yellow GM flower
• Public hearing held on lifting ban on human clone embryo
• Production of reproductive cells from somatic stem cells being considered
• GM crop approval data for July

Closeup
Development of GMOs for fuel ethanol

Contents

Trend:
Wild GM canola continues to spread

News

• US beef: increasing multiple pregnancies from beef consumption (GM Weekly Watch 2006/06/15)
• US Department of Agriculture announces GM crop situation (USDA 2006/06/30)
• Future looks bleak for Hawaiian GM papaya (GM Watch 2006/06/26)
• Further increase in Brazil GM soy area? (Sao Paulo-Shimbun 2006/06/19)
• German BSAF developing GM wheat in Australia (BASF 2006/06/08)
• Opinion survey on biotech in EU (Food Navigator 2006/06/21)
• India relaxes GM crop approval procedure (Hindu Business 2006/07/04)
• FDA formulates new guidelines for GM crops (FDA 2006/06/21)
• Trial cultivation for GM pharm crop in France (GM Watch 2006/06/13)
• Trial cultivation for GM pharm potato in Germany (BVL 2006/06/14)
• Human tests for GM pharm rice in Peru (GM Weekly Watch 2006/06/15)
• Result of clone racing mules? (BBC News 2006/06/05)
• Nominren, Chubu no Kai survey of canola pollution
• Serious GM pollution in tofu and other soy processed foods
• Human embryo: agreement on ban on embryo transplanting and handling

Closeup
Results of GM canola survey announced

Contents

Trend:
EU wavers over "co-existence" of GM crops with organic farming (Save our Seeds 2006/05/23 and others)

News

• GM wheat cultivation trial to continue in Australia (The Western Australia 2006/05/12)
• NAIES GM soy outcrossing research
• Bt cotton sheep death update (Hindu 2006/05/21)
• GM rice transplanting at NARC
• Countermeasures against pest resistance to Bt crops ineffective? (PloS Biology 2006/05/30)
• Approval for pharmaceuticals produced from animals in Europe (EMEA 2006/06/02)
• BASF enters race fro GM plant development (Nikkei Biotech 2006/05/22)
• METI supports pharmaceutical production from GM plants
• Metropolitan Tokyo government draws up GM crop cultivation guidelines
• Codex Task Force on Biotechnology WG meeting held
• GMO-free-zone movement begins in South Korea
• GM wheat symposium in Rome
• Ban on collection of large patent fees against Monsanto in India (Business Line 2006/05/11)
• Legal action against illegal sale of GM papaya in Taiwan (Taiwan News 2006/05/25)
• Cloned racing mules appear (BBC News 2006/05/22)
• Preliminary draft report on human clone embryo
• June GM crop approval

Closeup
Ripples caused by the arrival of super-sized cassava

Contents

Trend:
Outdoor cultivation trials of GM crops begin again this year in Japan

News

• 1600 sheep die from Bt cotton (GM Watch 2006/04/30)
• Towards approval of contamination by the unapproved GM Bt10 maize
• Cedar pollen allergenic rice transplanting goes ahead
• Skin problems with Bt toxin (GE free NZ 2006/05/01)
• Region-of-origin mandatory labeling for tofu and natto (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2006/04/25)
• Simultaneous global actions on 8th April International GMO Day
• DuPont and Syngenta partnership (Japan Agricultural Newspaper 2006/04/12)
• Further expansion of GM soy in Argentina (American Soybean Association Weekly Report 2006/04/24)
• Monsanto warned in India (Business Line 2006/04/15)
• Environmentalist group takes US DOI to court (Reuter 2006/04/05)
• EU GM crop policy wavers (FoE Europe 2006/04/18, and others)
• GM seed ban bill passes in Poland (GM Watch 2006/04/28)
• Italian court judges co-existence law unconstitutional (GM Watch 2006/05/03)
• Gratis donation of ova considered for human clone embryo
• BSE-resistant clone calf born in China? (China View 2006/04/28)
• Approval for production of reproductive cells from human ES cells
• GM crop approval data for April 2006

Closeup
Iron-deficiency resistant rice

Contents

Trend:
Issue of GM animals for human consumption warming up: GM pig: Nature Biotechnology 2006/03/26

News

• Explanatory meeting on cedar pollen allergenic GM rice
• Four GM crops including paprika commercialised in China
• Monsanto develops GM soybean with fish fatty acid (Nikkei BioTech 2006/04/10)
• GM rice contamination in Heinz baby food (The China Economic Daily)
• Latest GM food public opinion survey
• Massive GM contamination in Spain (GM Watch 2006/04/04)
• Environmental survey on GM canola
• GM contamination report by NGO (PDF file)
• Polish government moving towards GM regulation (AFP 2006/04/07)
• European conference held on coexistence with GM (GM Watch 2006/04/06)
• Monsanto reveals future GM crop strategy (Nikkei BioTech 2006/03/27)
• Shinshu University adds three strains in human ES cell research
• Joint meeting on human embryo - serious discussions get under way
• Chiba Prefecture bylaw for Safe and Secure food comes into force
• Labelling for GM beet
• Ajinomoto's GM glutamine approved
• MAFF revises GM crop cultivation trials guidelines
• GM crop approval data for March 2006

Closeup

• Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety - Where are we going with mandatory labelling?
• The eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity - Moratorium on terminator technology continues

Contents

Trend:
Deliberations on GM papaya begin

News

• Imabari City work on an ordinance to regulate GM crop cultivation (Mainichi Shimbun Ehime edition 2006/02/26)
• Niigata Prefectural Agricultural Institute plans to create GM blue lilies (Mainichi Shimbun Niigata edition 2006/02/28)
• R&D on GM wheat underway again (Reuter 2006/02/06)
• Safety assessment guideline on GM animal food drafted
• More experienced elderly farmers avoid cultivating GM maize (Agriculture online 2006/02/20)
• US government objects to GMO regulation in South Korea (The Non-GMO Report)
• US government preparing GM crop promotion law that ignores municipalities (US newswire 2006/03/02)
• Resolution of GM crop cultivation regulation in Hawaii (AP 2006/03/02)
• US soybean association appeals EU's GM labelling regulation (World Grain News 2006/03/06)
• Debate on terminator technology at Biodiversity conference (Guardian 2006/02/22)
• Biotech industry makes huge claim following WTO interim report on ruling (Guardian 2006/02/09)
• Monsanto to take strong line against Argentina's disregard of patent (Planet Ark 2006/02/08)
• Pharm drug not approved (Nature 2006/2/14)
• Human stem cells "from aborted foetuses" outside scope of guidelines
• Ban on donation of ova from women researchers in clone research
• Further report on effect of GM crops on subsequent generations
• GM approval data

Closeup
High-lysine GM maize

Contents

Trend:
GM crop area increases to 90 million ha?

News

• Niigata: draft GM crop cultivation standards finalized
• Tokushima: GM crop cultivation guidelines announced
• Tsukuba City: "Policy on GM crop cultivation" framework takes shape
• WTO ruling: EU's GMO policy contravenes trade rules
• GM potato trials in Ireland
• Results of tofu GMO survey
• MEXT, MHLW hold joint meeting on assisted repromed
• Assessment of high-lysine GM maize begins
• Reevaluation of GM papaya begins
• GM blue rose approved for type-1 (outdoor cultivation) use
• State of GMO-free zones in Europe (January 2006)

Closeup
Statistical data on GMO crops

Contents

Trend:
Niigata Prefecture announces "Outline of GM Crop Cultivation Regulations Bylaw"

News

• Possibility of influx of non-approved rapeseed
• GM pharm crop developer closes (New York Times 2005/12/24)
• Brazil GM soy seed use drops off (American Soy Association weekly report 2005/12/19)
• Trial on suspension of outdoor cultivation of GM rice goes to formal litigation
• GM crop field trials go unchecked in US (New York Times 2006/01/03)
• Change of government leads to change of GM policy in Germany? (DW-WORLD 2005/12/22)
• EU tolerance of GM contamination in organic products (FoE 2005/12/22)
• Fukuoka City adopts an opinion paper demanding pollution prevention from GM rapeseed
• MHLW and MEXT discuss human embryo
• Review of Type-1 Cultivation Guidelines for rice buffer zone only
• Cross-fertilization Monitoring Center to be established at Hokkaido University
• Symposium on "comprehensive consent" at Kitasato University
• Background to the Korean ES cell experimental result fabrication incident
• This Month's Keyword: Embryonic Stem Cells

Closeup
WTO and GMO

Contents

Trend:
Protein becomes allergen following genetic engineering (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2005, vol 53, 9023-9030)

News

• Switzerland bans commercial release of GM crops and GM animals (BBC News 2005/11/27)
• European Commission OKs Danish co-existence law (Friends of the Earth Europe 2005/11/24)
• Activists block GM soy cargo at Polish port (AFP 2005/11/17)
• European feed industry fights back against Monsanto (American Soybean Association weekly report 2005/11/21)
• China postpones GM rice approval (Reuters 2005/11/28)
• GM rice symposium in Philippines (Reuters 2005/11/22)
• India moves towards GM food labelling (The Hindu Business 2005/12/08)
• Pakistan to introduce GM Bt cotton? (GM Watch 2005/12/07)
• US consumers clueless on GM food (Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology 2005/11/15)
• Illegal GM maize smuggled into Brazil (Latin American News 2005/11/24)
• Somatic cell cloned cattle continue to show large number of abnormalities
• Cloned mini-pig at Kagoshima University (Western Japan Newspaper 2005/11/25)
• Niigata begins to formulate standards for GM crop cultivation regulation by-law (Mainichi Shimbun 2005/11/23)
• MAFF to initiate discussions for review of Type I usage rule
• MEXT considers reproductive cell production from human ES cells

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Background to the new influenza strain pandemic hullabaloo