(From January 2012)

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:
California referendum on the mandatory labelling of genetically engineered food (Los Angeles Times 2012/10/25 and others, Examiner 2012/10/24, California Right to Know 2012/10/05, GM Watch 2012/11/07, Feedstuffs 2012/10/03)

News

• GM rapeseed contamination spreading in Switzerland (Environmental Sciences Europe 2012/09/11)
• GMO genes discovered in white maize for human consumption (Philippine Star 2012/10/30)
• US Supreme Court recognizes farmerfs appeal in Monsanto paten trial (NYULOcal 2012/10/09)
• British Columbia, Canada, moves to enact law to ban GM fruit (CHBC News 2012/10/03)
• Brazilian court orders suspension of Monsantofs patent fee charges (Reuters 2012/10/08)
• Anti-GMO campaign begins in Mexico (Latinamerican Press 2012/10/29)
• Problematic protein-free GM cloned cows (The Guardian 2012/10/01)
• Proportion of area planted to GM maize exceeds that of US in some Spanish provinces (Agrimoney 2012/10/09)
• Kazakhstan bans NK603 GM maize (Tengri News 2012/10/29)
• Has Mozambique introduced GM cotton from China? (Club of Mozambique 2012/10/09)
• Armenia moves towards GMO free proclamation (Aysor 2012/11/01)
• South African GM food labelling system comes into effect (The African Centre for Biosafety 2012/10/10)
• Citizens group demands GM food labelling in Kenya (The Star 2012/10/18)
• New GM tree developed in US (Oregon State University 2012/09/27)
• Results of experimental release of GM mosquito (Gene Watch 2012/09/10)
• GM mouse developed as land mine countermeasure (The Telegraph 2012/10/15)
• Area of GM wheat trials expands (Capital Press 2012/10/02)
• GMO crop approvals for October 2012

Closeup
Update on the repercussions of animal experiments at Caen University (Daily Mail 2012/09/25, TV-Novosti 2012/09/29, African Centre for Biodiversity 2012/09/27, Truthout 2012/10/24 and others, GM Watch 2012/10/07 and 10/09, Europolitics 2012/10/12)

Contents

Trend:
French animal experiments show harmful effects of GM crops (Food and Chemical Toxicology 2012/09/19, Leader Post 2012/09/20 and others, NASDAQ USA 2012/09/25)

News

• Pro-GMO countries show resistance to gsocioeconomic considerationh at MOP6
• Kyrgyz Republic moves to enact law banning GMOs (24KG News Agency 2012/09/24)
• Francefs new administration maintains policy of banning GMOs (Thomson Reuters 2012/09/15)
• Indian Committee on Agriculture concludes that GMO approvals were due to industry pressure (Economic Times 2012/08/10)
• Vietnam will not grow GM crops until 2015 (Tuoi Tre News 2012/08/14)
• Turkeyfs food industry withdraws application to import GM food (Hurriyet Daily News 2012/08/21)
• Argentina prepares GM seed protection law (NASDAQ 2012/08/21)
• Former Paraguayan president criticizes new administration for collusion with Monsanto (Presna Latina News Agency 2012/09/19)
• California food labelling bill receives 61% of citizen support (Los Angeles Times 2012/09/27)
• EU considers introduction of GM olive fruit fly (B. oleae) (Olive Oil Times 2012/09/04)
• High possibility that new GM wheat causes liver disorders (The West Australian 2012/09/11)
• Continuing reports of resistance in insect pests (Daily Illini 2012/08/29)
• US EPA points out issues with insect pest resistance (Bloomberg 2012/09/05)
• Egyptian scientist issues warning on basis of animal experiments (Egypt Independent 2012/08/12)
• GMO crop approvals for September 2012

Closeup
China carries out GM rice human guinea pig trials on children (Shanghai Daily 2012/09/05, South China Morning Post 2012/09/07, Cuba Radio International 2012/09/11)

Contents

Trend:
A new gene manipulation technology for detailed control of genes

News

• GM crop trials in decline in EU (gm education 2012/07/10)
• Update on GM potato trials in Ireland (Irish Times 2012/07/27)
• GM potato trails open to public in the Netherlands (Horticulture Week 2012/08/03)
• Food factory halted due to GM canola contamination (Agrimoney.com 2012/07/31)
• Approval process for GM apple also begins in US (Canadian Biotechnology Action Network 2012/07/09)
• Suspension order for GM canola cultivation in Oregon (Center for Food Safety 2012/08/16)
• Monsanto raises patent fee for new GM soy (Soybean and Corn Advisor 2012/04/10)
• Monsanto ordered to pay compensation for false advertising (GM Watch 2012/08/22)
• GM rice experiment on children in China (Greenpeace International 2012/08/31)
• Maharashtra State government to evaluate socioeconomic impacts of GMOs (The Times of India 2012/08/07)
• India exempts tariff on GM soy meal for feed (The Hindu Business Line 2012/08/02)
• Kenyan government begins preparations to import GMOs (Netherlands Aid 2012/08/07)
• Brazilian court orders Nestle to label products that contain more than 1% of GMOs (Fodd World News 2012/08/27)
• Insects other than those targeted killed by Bt toxin (Institute of Science in Society 2012/07/12)
• Gene manipulated vaccine that lies outside the restriction of the Cartagena laws to be approved
• GMO crop approvals for June 2012

Closeup
Issues of MOP 6

Contents

Trend:
Adverse effects clear in animal experiments using GM feed (All About Feed 2012/06/19, Science Nordic 2012/07/17)

News

• Shipping of GM seed suspended in Egypt (Egypt Independent 2012/07/21)
• German agriculture minister holds firm on policy of zero contamination for unapproved GM crops (Thomson Reuters 2012/06/11)
• EU reinforces testing on import of papaya from Thailand (Food Navigator 2012/06/29)
• GM potato field trials in Ireland (Irish Examiner 2012/07/27)
• US Senate votes down amendment to agricultural law for introduction of GM food labelling (Boise Weekly 2012/06/21)
• US Dept of Agriculture cancels suspension of GM sugar beet (Capital Press 2012/07/20)
• 2,4-D tolerant soy approved (Mother Jones 2012/07/18)
• US Apple Association also expresses rejection of GM apple (The New York Times 2012/07/12)
• Bitek corps spend massive amounts on activities lobbying US government (Mother Jones 2012/07/02)
• System for mass production of GM mosquitoes set up in Brazil (Thaindian News 2012/07/09 and others)
• Field trials of GM sugar cane to begin in Brazil? (2012/06/18)
• Indian state government withdraws permission for field trials of Chinese mustard (Brassica juncea) (The Hindu Business Line 2012/06/06)
• Cause of GM rise contamination unknown (Down to Earth 2012/05/30)
• New cause of suicide for farmers planting GM Bt cotton (Hindu 2012/06/24)
• Has Monsanto lost its right to sell in Maharashtra State, India? (The Hindu Business Line 2012/07/12)
• Turkish people say gNOh to GM food (Hurriyet 2012/07/09)
• Expansion of insect pests resistant to Bt (Bloomberg News 2012/06/15)
• Referendum to become reality in California (Food Safety News 2012/07/12, Digital Journal 2012/07/30, Los Angeles Times 2012/07/19, Huffington Post 2012/07/30)
• German company Bayer building base in US (The Herald-Sun 2012/07/20)
• GM rice uproar at the Ramsar Convention COP11 (Consumers Union of Japan 2012/07/25)

Closeup
GM crops for Africa and Bill Gates Foundation funding (CLC bio 2012/06/06, Los Angeles Times 2012/07/12, Fresh Fruit Portal 2012/07/24, Arcadia Bioscience & SESVanderHave 2012/06/04, BBC 2012/07/15, Purdue University 2012/07/18)

Contents

Trend:
Biotek industry launches counteroffensive against citizens demanding labelling of GM foods (Media Post 2012/06/22, MedPage Today 2012/06/18, AlterNet 2012/05/31, Vermont Public Radio 2012/06/14, and The Express Tribune 2012/06/21)

News

• Application for approval of a GM apple in Canada (The Globe and Mail 2012/05/23, Penticton Western News 2012/06/11 and 21)
• US approval for pharmaceutical produced from GM carrot (Food Freedom News 2012/05/22)
• Mexican farmers prevent adverse amendment of seed law (Center for International Policy 2012/05/19 and others)
• Drought resistant maize planted in many areas of US (Ag Professional 2012/05/23, Thomson Reuters 2012/06/05)
• Mass death of cattle due to Bt maize goes to criminal suit (Basler Appell gegen Gentechnologie 2012/05/02)
• Hungary strengthens GM crop cultivation regulations (All About Feed 2012/06/18)
• Philippine High Court orders suspension of GM egg plant trial (Gulf News 2012/05/14)
• Bt egg plant developer sued for biopiracy in India (Environment Support Group 2012/05/24)
• GM canola contamination spreads in Switzerland (Greenpeace 2012/05/31)
• GM alfalfa contamination detected in 2003 (Natural News 2012/05/22)
• Moves begin in Europe to approve GM animals (EFSA 2102/06/21)
• Low-lactose GM cow developed in China (Xinhua 2012/06/11)
• Sad ending for GM pig (Canada.com 2012/06/22)
• Pig to monkey interspecies organ transplant in South Korea (Daily Mail 2012/06/26)
• Now Oxitek develops a GM moth (Ag Professional 2012/06/11)
• New GM mosquito developed (Yahoo News USA 2012/06/13)
• Bill reinforcing testing for GM salmon fails (Mother Jones 2012/05/25)
• GMO crop approvals for April 2012

Closeup
GM canola contamination continues to spread

Contents

Trend:
Monsanto attempts rollback against GM canola failures in Australia (The Western Australian 2012/04/25)

News

• Burkino Faso withdraws from GM cotton (Radio France 2012/05/10)
• Brazilian court judges Monsanto patent use fees to be illegal (Trace Consult 2012/04/18)
• Italian farmer planting GM maize without permission is sued (Seed Quest 2012/04/20)
• Increase in GM contamination in rice imported into Europe (Food manufacture.co.uk 2012/04/11)
• Struggle over GM wheat in UK (Farmers Guardian 2012/05/10)
• Azerbaijan government opposes import of GM food (Xinhua 2012/05/06)
• Disposal order for illegal GM olive and others in Italy (Genetic Rights Foundation 2012/05/18)
• Safety trials for GM feed in Denmark (Agricultural and Rural Convention 2012/04/27)
• Isolation distance for GM canola reaches agreement at 1.1 km (Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2012/05/16)
• GM crops distributed on an everyday basis in Vietnam (VietNam Net 2012/05/07)
• Bt cotton has impacts on the yields of other crops (Business Recorder 2012/05/09)
• Easily intercrossed GM wheat is effectively impossible to isolate (GM Freeze 2012/05/03)
• Bt maize reduces symbiotic bacteria (Phy Org 2012/04/07)
• Herbicide Roundup represses germination of other plants (GENET 2012/05/08)
• Californiafs GM food labelling bill goes to referendum (Food Freedom News 2012/05/03)
• Papaya pollution discovered in Thailand (The Nation 2012/05/18)
• Indian and Canadian cities declare themselves GMO free (Deccan Herald 2012/05/16, The Vancouver Sun 2012/05/22)
• Mexicofs Yucatan State also goes GMO free (The Yucatan Times 2012/04/26)
• European Parliament passes suspension of patents on life (No Patents on Seed 2012/05/10)
• British dairy farmer gives up on raising of clone cows (Daily Mail 2012/04/06)
• GMO crop approvals for April 2012

Closeup
A series of blue GM flower developments

Contents

Trend:
Herbicide Roundup causes changes in morphology of amphibians (University of Pittsburgh 2012/03/30)

News

• Cultivation of GM maize gMON810h banned in Poland (All About Feed 2012/04/11)
• Germanyfs BASF conducts cultivation trials of new GM potato (BASF Plant Science 2012/04/05)
• US companyfs sperm patent judged invalid in Europe (No Patent on Seeds 2012/05/03)
• Opposition to GM wheat cultivation trials grows in UK (Farmers Weekly 2012/04/12)
• GM crop cultivation expanding rapidly in African countries (Mail&Guardian 2012/05/02, The Independent 2012/05/02)
• Possibility that five GM crops will be cultivated commercially in the Philippines (The Philippine Star 2012/04/05)
• Demand to ban cultivation of Bt aubergine lodged with Philippine supreme court (Minda News 2012/04/18, Sun Star 2012/04/26, The Philippine Star 2012/05/01)
• Monsanto indemnifies losses on GM canola price slump (The Australian 2012/04/23)
• GM pines uprooted in New Zealand (The New Zealand Herald 2012/04/13)
• New Zealand: Large amounts of GMOs detected in food produced in South Africa (Voxy 2012/04/10)
• GM crop farmers demand US government analyse gdangeroush herbicide (Thomson Reuters 2012/04/18)
• Spreading opposition to approval of 2,4-D-resistant maize (The New York Times 2012/04/25, Center for Food Safety 2012/04/26)
• Mothers fighting Monsanto awarded Goldman environmental prize (Pesticide Action Network North America 2012/04/13)
• 10 million GM mosquitoes released in Brazilian urban area (SciDev.Net 2012/04/10, Keys Environme 2012/04/19)
• New GM mosquito released in Mexico (The Toronto Star 2012/04/20)
• eHealthyf lambs developed in China (The Daily Telegraph 2012/04/24)
• GM eucalyptus to be planted in Brazil (Business Week 2012/05/02)
• Turkey to label food produced with GM feed (Hurriyet 2012/04/18)
• US state legislature committee passes GM food labelling bill (Burlington Free Press 2012/04/20)
• GM food labelling bill proposed by private citizens to go to state referendum (Food Freedom News 2012/05/03)

Closeup
Current state of GM crop cultivation in India (Daily News and Analysis 2012/04/24, The Times of India 2012/04/05, The Hindu 2012/04/05, Hindustan Times 2012/04/13, Deccan Herald 2012/04/14, India Today 2012/04/17)

Contents

Trend:
States banning outdoor trial cultivation of GM crops increasing in India (Press Information Bureau 2012/03/27, Coalition for a GM-free India 2012/02/27, Down To Earth 2012/03/31)

News

• US approval process for GM crops speeds up (Bloomberg 2012/03/09)
• Claim dismissed in organic farmersf GMO patent rights trial (Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association 2012/02/27, Thomson Reuters 2012/03/28)
• Huge US supermarket chain urged to boycott GM sweet corn (Center for Food Safety 2012/03/15)
• gRight to know where GM crops are cultivatedh obtained in Chile (GM Watch 2012/03/23)
• UK government approves outdoor trials of GM wheat (The Scottish Farmer 2012/03/01)
• EU Commission requests Monsanto-related person to take up post (Test biotech 2012/03/08)
• Ukrainefs reduces GM food ratio from 50% to 5% (All about feed 2012/03/22)
• Poland government to ban MON810due to beekeepersf protest (The People Voice 2012/03/22, AFP 2012/04/04)
• A new GM seed draft law enters discussions in Poland (The News 2012/02/29)
• South African citizensf organization counters ISAAAfs annual report (African Centre for Biosafety)
• Indian citizensf organization summarizes the ten years since the introduction of Bt cotton (The Hindu 2012/03/21)
• Monsanto-India mobilises farmers for promotional campaign (The Economic Times 2012/03/14)
• Pakistani state government rejects Monsanto request for monopoly (The Express Tribune 2012/03/06)
• Middle East Gulf States reconfirm necessity for labelling of GM foods (The National UAE 2012/03/02)
• Farmerfs representative stands as candidate in constituency of GMO-promoting agriculture minister (Augusta Margaret River Mail 2012/03/14)
• Trial cultivation of salt-resistant GM wheat in Australia (SciDevNet 2012/03/16)
• Huge reduction of butterflies due to GM crop cultivation (Star Tribune 2012/03/16)
• Insect pests become more powerful due to Bt maize (Test biotech 2012/03/26)
• GM pig research in danger of derailment (Canada.co 2012/04/02)

Closeup
1. US citizens demand GM food labelling (Center for Food Safety 2012/03/12, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2012/03/03, Reuters 2012/03/27)

2. Where is the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol going?

Contents

Trend:
Bt toxin harms human cells (Food Freedom 2012/01/29)

News

• State of GM crop cultivation in 2011 (ISAAA 2012/02/07)
• Bt toxin raises the death rate of insects other than those targeted (ENSSER 2012/02/27)
• Components of herbicide Roundup detected in urine (GM Watch 2012/01/20)
• GM crop regulatory law being considered in China (Business Week 2012/02/02)
• Suicides increase in India due to reduced yield of GM cotton (Filed questions 2012/02/12)
• Indian state government orders compensation for reduced yield of Bt cotton (Economic Times 2012/02/08)
• Bangladesh approves outdoor trials of GM rice (The Daily Star 2012/02/05)
• French government demands EU ban GM maize (Agence France Presse 2012/02/20)
• EU relaxes pesticide residue criteria in response to Monsanto claim (GM Freeze 2012/02/08)
• Drought resistant maize ineffective (Mother Jones 2012/01/23)
• Petition against revolving door appointments begins (Chemistry World 2012/02/08)
• Monsanto recognizes existence of superweeds (2012/01/13)
• Deceitful advertising by Monsanto in India (India Today 2012/01/14and others)
• French government approves GM-free labelling (Bloomberg 2012/02/01)
• Movement to demand GM food labelling spreads in USA (Food Safety News 2012/02/10 and others)
• GMO crop approvals for January 2012

Closeup
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications announces 2011 GM crop cultivation data

Contents

Trend:
GM labelling trends in California (Redwood Times 2012/01/05, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center 2012/01/20)

News

• French government officially extends GM crop cultivation ban (Thomson Reuters 2012/01/13)
• EU food safety agency recognizes adverse effects of Bt maize (GM Freez 2011/12/13)
• GMOs detected in marketed livestock feed in Bulgaria (Novinite 2011/12/12)
• No buffer zone required for GM alfalfa cultivation (San Francisco Chronicle 2011/12/07)
• Two varieties of Monsanto seeds to be banned (Truthout 2011/12/22)
• Organic farmers in court to invalidate Monsanto patent rights (Sustainable Business 2012/02/1)
• US Department of Agriculture criticises Japan for delay in approval of GM papaya (Fruit Net 2012/01/06)
• US consumer group boycotts GM sweetcorn (Digital Journal 2012/01/19)
• Peru law on banning of GMOs promulgated (Third World Network 2011/12/23)
• Deliberations on GM food labelling bill begin in the Philippines (Visayan Daily Star 2102/01/17)
• Pakistani state government suspends negotiations on Bt cotton (Pakistan Today 2012/01/07)
• Indian farmers group demands ban on cultivation of Bt cotton (MeriNews 2011/12/22)
• Kerala State, India, bans both GM crop research and cultivation trials (The New Indian Express 2012/01/09)
• Disease resistant golden rice developed (The Manila Bulletin 2012/01/17)
• GM tobacco that grows in seawater (The Canadian Jewish News 2012/01/17)
• US university develops malaria-countermeasure GM mosquito (Voice of America (2012/01/03)
• Breakout of virus disease in GM salmon (Center for Food Safety 2011/12/20)
• Gene pollution occurs in Switzerland (Swiss Info 2011/12/16)
• A series of detections of unapproved Chinese GM rice (GM Freeze 2011/12/19)
• Latvia about to become a GM free state (All About Feed 2012/01/06)
• Court case over enaturalf label for food that used GMO crops (Natural News 2012/01/05)

Closeup
GM mosquito situation (Friends of the Earth 2012/01 and others)

Contents

Trend:
Bt toxin resistant insect pests spreading around the world (GM Freeze 2011/11/10, Bloomberg 2011/12/03)

News

• German journal builds database of GM crop dangers (Test biotech 2011/12/15)
• French feed factory occupied (La Soja Mata 2011/11/17)
• GM tree planting spreads in Sweden eGENET News 2011/12/09)
• GMO promotion law passes in India (PolicyMic 2011/11/25)
• Research on many plant varieties ongoing in India (The Economic Times 2011/12/20)
• Philippine residents have concerns over restart of GM aubergine cultivation trials (Business World 2011/11/13)
• Hawaii residents file law suit against Pioneer (The Garden Island 2011/12/14)
• Opposition to GM chilli strengthens in New Mexico (The Associated Press 2011/12/03)
• Cuba becomes major GM crop cultivator (Havana Times 2011/12/16)
• Trade war between EU and Argentina? (The Wall Street Journal 2011/12/01)
• GM wheat development gets into high gear in Australia (The Canberra Times 2011/12/06)
• GM papaya in Japanese shops for the first time (Mainichi Shinbun and others, 2011/12/09)
• A series of illegal distributions of non-approved GM food additives (MHLW 2011/12/5, 22)
• Glyphosate causes gene damage in animals (International Press Service 2011/12/09)
• Bt cotton feed brings adverse effects to livestock (The Dawn 2011/12/19)
• Portuguese island declares itself GMO free (The Portugal News 2011/12/17)
• Experiments on GM mosquito in USA (The Citizen 2011/12/25)
• Monsantofs strategy for 2012 (MSN Money 2011/12/15, Agriculture 2011/12/22)
• China and international research institute jointly sequence cassava genes (Beijing Genomics Institute 2011/12/06)

Closeup
Insecticidal Bt crops and resistant insect pests (The Guardian 2002/06/11, Nature Bio News 2002/12/12, Farmers Weekly Interactive 2003/08/27, NCGA 2007/11/23, Tuscon Citizen 2008/02/08, The Financial Express 2007/09/19 and others)

Contents

Trend:
Lifting of U.S. ban on GM sweetcorn for raw consumption; possible export to Japan? (Center for Food Safety 2011/10/27)

News

• Unapproved GM lawn grass spreads (Capital Press 2010/11/10 and 11)
• Uganda submits GMO promotion law to parliament (New Vision 2011/11/11)
• Share of GM cotton in India rises to 93% (The Hindu Business Line 2011/11/08)
• Nepal to introduce GM crops (Nepali Times 2011/11/07, Republica 2011/11/12)
• Peruvian parliament passes bill banning GMOs (Agence France Presse 2011/1105)
• Complaint filed to ban GMOs in wildlife sanctuaries (Center for Food Safety 2011/11/02)
• Implementation of referendum demanding GM food labelling in California (Label Genetically Modified Foods 2011/11/11)
• U.S. government demands that Turkey relax its GM crop labelling regulations (Hurriyet 2011/11/08)
• Opinion poll shows that GM beet cultivation is not approved of (Daily Camera 2011/11/06, West Central Tribune 2011/11/05)
• French president maintains anti-GMO stance (Thomson Reuters 2011/11/29)
• Gene pollution expands to wild cotton (SciDev.Net 2011/10/13)
• Contamination still continuing in import-banned GM flax (GM Freeze 2011/10/17)
• GM canola pollution causes by hail in Australia (Lynn MacLaren MLC 2011/11/11)
• GM mosquitoes to be released in Florida (Sun Sentinel 2011/12/05)
• EPA recognizes drop in effectiveness of Bt crops (EPA 2011/11/30)
• Abnormal births due to Roundup rise sharply (National University of Cordoba 2011/10/28)
• Monsanto to develop another Bt cotton (The Hndi2011/11/17)
• Monsanto establishes a farmer education organization in Pakistan (Business Recorder 2011/11/02)
• Large-scale human genome sequencing plan in Faroe Islands (Deutsche Welle 2011/10/26)
• Craig Venter sets up a crop development company (Genome web 2011/10/24)
• GMO crop approvals for December 2011

Closeup
GMOs and TPP