CBIC Bio Journal - Full English Index (2014)

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Trend:
Results of US referenda on GMOs (Reuters 2014/11/5, Civil Beat 2014/11/4, Redwood Times 2014/10/24, LA Times 2014/10/21, and others)

News

Russian parliament formulates penal provisions for GM food labeling violations (Russia Today 2014/11/12)
EU parliament gives right to deny cultivation of GM crops to each country (Sustainable Pulse 2014/11/11)
US DOA approves a new GM potato (The Economic Times 2014/11/10)
Pesticide containing 2,4-D approved for pesticide resistant crops (Bloomberg 2014/10/24)
GM mosquito also to be introduced to Trinidad and Tobago? (Jamaica Observer 2014/11/6)
Cameroon cotton cultivation to be switched to GM cotton on a 3-year plan (Business in Cameroon 2014/11/3)
GM maize trials at Indian agricultural university (Economic Times 2014/10/30)
Outdoor trials of GM mustard and GM aubergine approved in India (Hindustan Times 2014/10/26)
Taiwan people show hesitance for GM food ahead of labeling enforcement (Taiwan News 2014/11/4)
Convention on Biological Diversity COP 12 confirms regulation of synthetic biology (SynBio Watch 2014/10/20)

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International bio corporation buys African seed company (Sustainable Pulse 2014/10/8)

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Vietnam’s first approval of GM crops (Ohio’s Country Journal 2014/9/1 and others)
GM wheat volunteers recur in US (Wisconsin Gazette 2014/10/1 and Agri View 2014/10/15)
GM salmon farming banned in California )eNews Park Forest 2014/10/2)
Illegal cultivation of GM apple in US (Earth First! Newswire 2014/9/29)
Farmers also file case on China’s refusal to import US maize (International Business Times 2014/10/6)
Location of Costa Rica’s GM crop cultivation finally becomes clear (Inside Costa Rica 2014/10/1)
Chinese government begins GMO promotion campaign (Reuters 2014/9/30)
China also refuses US hay imports (Global Research 2014/10/3)
Vietnamese scientists criticize approval of GM maize (VietNam Net 2014/9/27)
India’s ban on open field cultivation of GM crops spreads to 11 states (DNA India 2014/10/10)
GMO regulation law passes and is enacted in Georgia (Trend 2014/9/19)
GM rice to be developed in Ghana (GBC Ghana 2014/10/14)
S Africa supermarket to reduce GMOs in PB food products (Fresh Plaza 2014/9/15)
GM mosquito, GM fly, and now GM moth (Global Research 2014/10/3)
Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 12) held in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Themes of the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol

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Cancer increases in GM crop cultivation zones (The Ecologist 2014/8/25)

News

Vietnam’s first approval of GM crops (Ohio’s Country Journal 2014/9/1 and others)
Bt rice used in Chinese student cafeteria; sharp increase in leukemia among students (China Disaster Prevention Association, Disaster History Specialist Committee Advisory Blog 2014/8/14)
China fails to approve extension of GM crop cultivation (RT News 2014/8/21)
Russia introduces fines system for food labeling contraventions (Russian Legal Information Agency 2014/8/19)
Germany’s largest supermarket remands restart of GMO-free chicken (Global GMO-Free Coalition 2014/9/2)
Once again, a GMO introduction clause in the IMF financing for the Ukraine (Russia Today 2014/9/3)
GM food labeling law bill goes to the vote in Colorado (Lexology 2014/8/28)
Campaign against Starbucks to demand use of GMO-free milk (The Nation 2014/9/8)
US Cornell University wins subsidies to promote GMOs (Cornell Chronicle 2014/9/5)
GM eucalyptus plantations to be established in US and Brazil (Business Mirror 2014/8/23)
China’s refusal to import US maize goes to litigation between companies (Star Tribune 2014/9/13)
Trial for compensation for damages from Monsanto’s unapproved GM wheat (WSUIS 2014/9/10)
Exemption for isolation field trials for GM maize
Clinical use of human ES cells
GM silkworm produces spider thread

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Trend:
Further developments in the US GM food labeling issue (Seattle PI 2014/7/25, Boulder County Business Report 2014/8/7, Natural News 2014/8/12, Food Navigator 2014/8/12, Reuters 2014/7/31, RIA Novosti, 2014/8/7, Quality Assurance & Food Safety 2014/8/7 and others)

News

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bans GMOs in game preserves (eNews Park Forest 2014/8/5)
Where approval for 2, 4-D tolerant crops is going (NJ Today 2014/8/7)
Serious contamination of US seeds (ecoRI news 2014/8/10)
U.S. National Research Council (NRC）criticized for report glorifying GMOs (Sustainable Pulse 2014/8/6)
Mid-west superweeds cause massive damage (Reuters 2014/7/25)
Verdict canceling GM soy approval in Mexico (Truth Out 2014/8/12)
GM crops losing their merit in Brazil (Truth Out 2014/8/12, Reuters 2014/7/29, Natural News 2014/8/12)
Drastic drop in planting areas of GM crops in Czech Republic (Prague Post 2014/7/25)
Zimbabwe holds to GMO refusal stance (World News Report 2014/7/25, all Africa 2014/8/7)
Will the new Costa Rican government change the GMO policy? (The Tico Times 2014/8/8)
Nigeria heading for GM crop introduction (The Guardian/2014/7/21)
China’s refusal to import US crops strengthens (Reuters 2014/7/25, Care2 Causes 2014/8/12)
Severe contamination by unapproved GM rice in China (China Central Television 2014/7/26 and others)
Independent administrative corporation contravenes Cartagena laws
Complete genome of African rice sequenced (UA News 2014/7/31)

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Human testing of GM banana imminent in USA (Russia Today 2014/6/19, The Independent 2014/7/7, The Guardian 2014/7/9)

News

Kyrgyzstan to ban GMOs (Natural Society 2014/6/12)
Pakistan high court cancels GMO approval (Mint Press News 2014/7/1)
Test cultivation of GM rice and GM wheat approve in India (DNA India 2014/7/16)
Planting of GM Bt aubergine fails in Bangladesh (ISIS 2014/7/14, The Daily Star 2014/6/19)
Organic farmers express anxiety over GM feed plan (The Sidney Morning Herald 2014/6/23)
Western Australia organic farmer trial goes to appeal (Sustainable Pulse 2014/6/26)
Australian organic certification system moves from 0% to establish a permissible level for GM contamination (Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2014/6/19)
Region of northern New Zealand to become GMO free zone (The Northern Advocate 2014/7/1)
Approaching lifting of ban, Gates Foundation also involved in Kenyan Bt cotton cultivation (Standard Digital News 2014/6/23)
Anti-GMO alliance formed in Malawi (Far Eastern Agriculture 2014/7/9)
EU GM crop control to be at discretion of member countries (Neurope 2014/6/19, Master’s Society 2014/7/1)
French Cellerini et al. paper to be republished in different journal (New Scientist 2014/6/26)
Use of new herbicide to combat superweeds (Digital Journal 2014/7/4)
USA attempts to introduce GM seeds along with aid (Investing 2014/7/16)
Taiwan introduces new and stronger GM food labeling (Focus TAIWAN 2014/6/20)
GM food labeling bill withdrawn in New York state legislature (Farm Futures 2014/6/26)
Referendum secured for Oregon GM food labeling bill (Portland Tribune 2014/6/12, Reuters 2014/7/4)
Mass release experiment for GM fruit fly approved in Brazil (Sustainable Pulse 2014/6/4)
No change to GM food labeling in Japan’s new food labeling standards

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Corporations counterattack GM food labeling enforcement in Hawaii and Vermont (Civil Beat 2014/6/9 and 2014/6/11, Mother Jones 2014/6/9)

News

Residents win in Oregon GMO ban ordinance (Globalnews 2014/5/26)
US puts pressure on El Salvador (Sustainable Pulse 2014/6/11)
92% of US citizens demand food labeling (E News Park Forest 2014/6/10)
Bulgaria continues GM maize ban policy (Sustainable Pulse 2014/6/4)
Not guilty verdict for French GM grape citizen activists (RFI 2014/6/5)
GMO contaminated corn flakes disposed of in Zambia (Lusaka Times 2014/6/9)
Commercial planting of GM cotton to begin in Kenya? (Coast week 2014/6/2)
Indian organic farmers demand suspension of GM crop trials (The Times of India 2014/6/6)
Chinese government moves to crack down on in illegal cultivation of GM rice (South China Morning Post 2014/6/11)
Organic farmer defeated in Western Australia trial over cancellation of organic certification (Perth Now 2014/5/28 and Reuters 2014/6/2)
GM soy contamination in South African bread (African Centre for Biosafety 2014/5/28)
Otsuka Pharmaceutical contravene Cartagena Law
GM food additives given streamlined treatment by Food Safety Commission
Bt resistant cutworms increase (Mint Press News 2014/6/6)
Disease-resistant GM sweet chestnut developed (New Scientist 2014/6/3)

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GM food labeling bill passes in Vermont (Star Tribune 2014/4/28)

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Law to ban GMOs to be deliberated in Maui County Council (Daily Journal 2014/4/9)
Bill to ban GM lawns fails in Connecticut (CT News Junkie 2014/4/21)
Bitek companies fight hard with CMs again in Oregon referendum (ENEWSPF 2014/4/9)
French lower house of parliament bans all GM maize varieties (Reuters 2014/4/16)
French and Italian courts uphold GMO ban (GM Watch 2014/5/2 and others)
Russia postpones GM seed approval (Russia Today 2014/4/23)
Bt cotton and Bt rice field trials begin in Iran (Crop Biotech Update 2014/5/7)
Scientists debate release of GM mosquito in Nigeria (7th Space 2014/4/25)
Fiber use GM crops to be approved soon in India (Business Standard 2014/4/9)
German state of Bavaria declares itself a GMO-free zone (Sustainable Pulse 2014/4/28)
Canadian university moves to open-air GM tree trials (Business in Vancouver 2014/4/25)
UK research institute conducts outdoor trials of flaxeed-oil-producing GMO (Rothamsted Research 2014/4/25)
GM lung suitable for humans and pigs (Reuters 2014/5/7)
NIAS holds GM crop explanatory meeting

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GM maize confirmed growing wild at Yatsushiro Port, Kumamoto Prefecture

News

Food labeling bills submitted in many US states (Valley News 2014/3/19 and The Street 2014/3/18)
Order bans GM soybean cultivation in Mexico (Sustainable Pulse 2014/3/20)
Brazilian federal court cancels approval of GM maize (Sustainable Pulse 2014/3/20)
Bill banning GMOs submitted to Kirgistan parliament (Central Asia Online 2014/4/3)
Order to suspend Monsanto advertisements in South Africa (Sustainable Pulse 2014/3/20)
Bt cotton cultivation banned in Indian Karnataka State after failed harvest (Down To Earth 2014/4/1)
Philippine environmental protection organization calls for suspension of GM rice (Business Mirror 2014/3/25)
Seed scattering biohazard accident involving GM rapeseed in Australia (Perth Now 2014/4/2)
High concentrations of glyfosate detected in breast milk (GM Watch 2014/4/7)
Insufficient insecticidal toxin in Bt cotton in Pakistan (Down 2014/4/1)
Disease-resistant GM apple developed in Germany (ETH Zurich 2014/3/20)
2,4-D-tolerant soybeans to be approved

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Trend:
NIAS to conduct outdoor trials for 5 GM rice varieties

News

Major US food manufacturers fight back with “discretionary labeling” of GM food. (The Malta Independent 2014/2/25, Reuters 2014/3/13)
GM food labeling bill resubmitted to California State Senate (Food Poisoning Bulletin 2014/2/27)
US Environment Protection Agency relaxes GMO residue standards (Cornucopia Institute 2014/2/25)
Large numbers of opposing opinions sent in for 2,4-D-resistant soy (ENEWSPF 2014/3/12)
Starbucks demanded to provide organic milk produced from non-GMO feed (Sustainable Pulse 2014/3/12)
Major US supermarket chains declare they will not handle GM salmon (Consumer Affairs 2014/3/9)
Repercussions of approval of GM maize 1057 by European Commission (The Budapest Business Journal 2014/2/21, Reuters 2014/3/17)
Bill to ban GMOs submitted to Russian parliament (Russia & India Report 2014/2/27)
Chinese Ministry of Finance cafeteria outlaws GM edible oil (Sustainable Pulse 2014/2/25)
GM soy milk detected at Chinese fast food restaurant (Want China Times 2014/2/15)
Trial on cancellation of organic certification concludes in Western Australia (Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2014/3/3)
Kyoto University iPS research lab’s sloppy management of GM mice
Unapproved GM crops have a great impact on trade (Digital Journal 2014/3/17)
Nationwide GMO free zone exchange meeting held

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Trend:
ISAAA Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2013

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GM aubergine cultivation begins in Bangladesh (Global Post 2014/1/27)
Focus of US GM food labeling movement turns from state to federal government (Mail Online 2014/2/4 and others)
GM lawn goes to outdoor trials (The Columbus Dispatch 2014/2/5)
French Socialist Party submits bill to ban GM maize (Reuters 2014/02/05)
Former French minister of the environment criticizes retraction of the Seralini paper (GMO Seralini 2014/1/27)
Special committee of the EU Parliament decides that GM food labeling of honey is unnecessary (The Greens-EFA 2014/1/16, Science News 2014/2/10)
EU Parliament fails to approves GM maize 1507 (Sustainable Pulse 2014/1/21, Science/AAAS 2014/2/13)
Is Russia to submit a bill banning GMOs to parliament? (Russia Today 2014/2/4)
Bill banning GM seed imports submitted to Georgian parliament (The Voice of Russia 2014/2/12)
Appication for GM Camelina sativa outdoor trials (Rothamsted Research 2014/1/29)
Development of GM basil (Business Standard 2014/1/20)
GM purple tomatoes harvested (John Innes Centre 2014/1/29)
Rose-scented poplar (Daily Reporter 2014/2/12)
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. violates Cartagena laws

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Ordinance on new GM crop cultivation regulation enforced in Hawaii (Reuters 2014/1/13 and others)

News

European Court of Justice cancels approval of GM potato (Reuters 2013/12/20)
Possibility of registration of GM seeds in Russia (Sustainable Pulse 2013/12/20)
Cancellation of two varieties of GM maize in Turkey (Sustainable Pulse 2013/12/20)
GM seeds approved in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (Kurunzi Africa 2013/12/18)
Ghana’s biosafety law comes into force in name only (Ghana Web 2014/1/2)
Trial cultivation of drought-resistant maize begins in eastern Africa (East African 2014/1/9)
Ban on cultivation of GM crops in Tasmania to be indefinite (The Advocate 2014/1/11)
China once again refuses import of US maize (CNBC 2014/1/2)
Smuggling of GM seed into China uncovered (South China Morning Post 2014/1/6)
Trial to suspend Monsanto factory construction in Argentina (Russia Today 2014/1/9)
Florida University excludes environment protection organizations opposed to GM tree (Earth Island Journal 2013/12/18)
Oregon State University develops GM tree (Phys.org 2014/1/7)
Environmental impact assessment for new GM insects (The Almagest 2014/1/2)
Food Safety Commission approves GM sweet corn
Japanese Committee considering the Nagoya Protocol finalizes report

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Trend:
Repercussions of the cancellation of publication of the paper by Séralini et al. (Nature News 2013/11/28, GM Watch 2013/12/2)

News

Environmental impacts seen as problem in Panama, candidate for GM salmon farm (The Guardian 2013/11/23)
Mothers struggling against Monsanto also attacked in Argentina (Revolution News 2013/11/23)
GMO regulation law passed on Kauai Island, Hawaii (Huffington Post 2013/12/9)
Spotlight on GM soy in trans fatty acid regulation (The New York Times 2013/11)
British government supports Monsanto (Sustainable Pulse 2013/11/22)
GM papaya distributed in China (Want China Times 2013/12/9)
250 Indian scientists issue statement calling for suspension of outdoor GMO cultivation trials (DNA India 2013/11/22)
China refuses to import US-grown corn (L.A. Times 2013/12/4)
GM pollution compensation system demanded in Australian parliament (Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 2013/12/4)
GM food labelling law passes in Connecticut (RT 2013/12/13)
Colorado citizens begin activities toward direct vote on GM labelling law (Northern Colorado Business Report 2013/12/4, Grist 2013/11/22)
World’s largest salmon farming company does not support GM salmon (FIS 2013/12/4)