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01 July 2009
USA: Further high degree of cultivation of GM plants in 2009
With regard to soya and sugar beet, the proportion of genetically modified (GM) varieties is over 90 per cent, somewhat higher than in the case of either maize or cotton. Collectively, the area cultivated with GM plants has risen by 5 per cent to more than 62 million hectares.

01 July 2009
Renewed approval of GM maize MON810: EFSA has no reservations
The first approval of this maize already was issued in 1998 and expired after ten years.

25 June 2009
EU countries should be able to ban genetically modified plants
At their meeting in Luxembourg on 25 June, EU ministers for the environment discussed among other issues this proposal raised by Austria and other countries. No concrete decisions were made.

12 June 2009
Wheat field trial destruction: GM opponents must pay
In Magdeburg, capital city of the German province of Saxony-Anhalt, the regional court last week sentenced six opponents of gene technology to compensation of damage caused.

11 June 2009
New EFSA Opinion: BASF now calls for approval the Amflora potato
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a new opinion on antibiotic resistance marker genes in genetically modified plants.

05 June 2009
Mexico: controlled cultivation of genetically modified maize
The agriculture ministry in Mexico City has stated that numerous applications from farmers are currently being evaluated. Maize is said to originate from the southern part of the country.

12 May 2009
BIOSAFENET Conference (29 June 2009, Berlin Germany)
A main goal of BIOSAFENET, an EU-funded network of European scientists, is robust public information on the biosafety research conducted on genetically modified (GM) plants.

05 May 2009
Germany: Cultivation ban of MON810 maize upheld
Monsantos appeal for an injunction against the MON810 cultivation ban imposed mid-April by Germanys Minister for Agriculture, Ilse Aigner, has been rejected.

24 April 2009
Germany: Monsanto files suit against cultivation ban for MON810
The American agricultural company Monsanto has filed a suit against the cultivation ban for the GM maize MON810.

14 April 2009
Germany: Aigner bans MON810 Bt maize
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) has banned the cultivation of MON810 Bt maize in Germany with immediate effect, invoking a safeguard clause in European genetic technology legislation.

01 April 2009
Soon in the USA: GM soybeans for "health-conscious consumers"
A new type of genetically modified soybean should be on the market sometime this year in the USA. It has a higher oleic acid content than conventional soybeans, which means that when heated, it gives off fewer harmful substances.

31 March 2009
Long-term feed trials with Bt maize: no influence on cows milk
Genetically modified Bt maize in feed has no influence on the health of cows or on their milk production. The results of a two-year feed trial were presented by the Bavarian Agricultural Ministry.

21 March 2009
Germany: Regions are to decide on GM planting, says Aigner
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) wants to leave the decision up to the regions about planting genetically modified crops. "The German states as well as the administrative districts should decide themselves if they want to have green gene technology or not," said the minister in an interview with the Reuters news agency.

14 March 2009
Aigner: Ban on planting GM maize cannot be enforced
German agriculture minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) believes that a general ban on planting genetically modified maize in Germany cannot be politically enforced at present.

11 March 2009
EU approves import of biotech T45 rapeseed
Member States were unable to come to an agreement forcing the EU Commission to grant approval based on a scientific risk assessment of the T45 rapeseed

10 March 2009
USA and Canada: Monsanto seeks regulatory approval for GM maize
US-based Monsanto has applied for approval of a GM maize highly tolerant to drought. The new maize was developed together with Germanys BASF and should be commercially available in 2012.

04 March 2009
Cultivation ban on GM maize in Austria and Hungary remains
The current cultivation bans in Austria and Hungary on the genetically modified maize lines MON810 and T25 will remain valid in the short term.

03 March 2009
Poll: US farmers for genetically modified wheat
A majority of farmers in the USA have expressed approval in a poll on genetically modified wheat. They expect gene technology to contribute towards solutions to current problems in wheat cultivation.

27 February 2009
No majority: political blockade of the GM maize 1507 and Bt11
As was expected, EU Member States were unable to achieve agreement on the genetically modified maize lines Bt11 and 1507. The vote of the ‘Standing Committee’ concluded yesterday without a qualified majority. The Council of Ministers now is responsible for a decision.

21 February 2009
German ministers recommend ban on GM maize
Two German ministers have stated the wish for conditional bans on genetically modified maize MON810, developed by the Monsanto company. In an interview on 18 February, 2009, with the Berlin-based daily ‘Berliner Zeitung’, the minister for agriculture, Ilse Aigner, questioned the advantages of green gene technology in Germany.

12 February 2009
GM plants - Worldwide cultivation, 2008
In 2008, GM crops rose by a figure of 9.4 per cent to occupy 125 million hectares.

28 January 2009
USA: Competition for RoundupReady soybeans
In 2009, a second genetically modified soybean will enter the US-American market. When this occurs, farmers will receive for the first time an alternative to the RoundupReady soybean from Monsanto that has been cultivated since 1996.

20 January 2009
USA: Guidance for the regulation of GM animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the final guidance for the regulation of genetically engineered animals and their derived products.

20 January 2009
Obama: no fundamental changes expected in GM policy
The newly inaugurated US President Barack Obama will not be making any fundamental changes to his country’s genetic engineering policy.

18 December 2008
USA: Better monitoring needed of GM plants undergoing testing
US agencies responsible for genetically modified plants need to work together better and carry out more inspections. That would help prevent unauthorised GM plants getting into food and feed chains in future. Six such cases have been reported in the USA since 2000.

09 December 2008
GM starch potatoes: Controversy over authorisation intensifying
The decision to authorise a transgenic potato with modified starch content (Amflora) has once again been delayed. That means that the potato will not be cultivated in the EU in 2009, either.

08 December 2008
No U-turn: EU Environmental Ministers agree on GMOs
In contrast to indications by some Member States, no fundamental changes will be made to the approval process for genetically modified plants in the EU.

08 December 2008
Cuba: Going for green gene technology
The country hopes that by using GM crops, it will break loose of its dependency on agricultural imports.

05 December 2008
EU Commission: Genetically modified soybean authorised in the EU
Last week the EU Commission has authorised the import of the genetically modified RoundupReady2 soybean as well as food and feed products derived from it.

01 December 2008
USA: GM maize for production of bioethanol nearing authorisation
A type of GM maize, optimised for the production of bioethanol, is close to being authorised in the U.S.

23 November 2008
EU: Second generation of GM soybeans close to authorisation
The EU Council of Agricultural Ministers was not able to come to a decision on the authorisation of the GM RoundupReady2 soybean. EU Commission will give the green light for the import of this new soybean.

22 November 2008
USA: Guidance on the regulation of genetically modified animals
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance for the regulation of genetically engineered animals and products derived from them. The public was invited to give its opinion on the draft up to 18 November.

18 November 2008
Wellington, New Zealand: Global meeting of biosafety researchers
The 10th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms (ISBGMO) is underway in Wellington, New Zealand this week.

14 November 2008
French speed up GMO authorisation
The EU Council of Agricultural Ministers is due to vote on the authorisation of RoundupReady2 soybeans at their next session on 18 November. France, which currently holds the Presidency of the EU Council, added the authorisation of the GM soybeans to the agenda.

12 November 2008
New debates on the safety of GM maize
A long-term feed study on mice delivered yesterday at a conference in Vienna once again brought up the debate on the safety of GM maize. Individual laboratory mice, fed a certain type of GM maize, had fewer offspring. Scientists warned of jumping to conclusions.

04 November 2008
Limited release of GM clover in Australia
In Australia, an application for the limited and controlled release of clover genetically modified to resist infection by the alfalfa mosaic virus has been submitted to the national Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR).

01 November 2008
EFSA: ban on cultivating MON810 maize in France is unfounded
The current ban in France on the cultivation of MON810 maize is not scientifically justified. This was the conclusion reached by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) after carrying out further evaluations on the maize at the request of the EU Commission.

30 October 2008
Purple GM tomatoes could fight cancer and increase lifespan
A genetically modified purple tomato has been created, that in a pilot test significantly extended the lifespan of cancer-susceptible mice fed the new tomatoes compared to mice fed normal tomatoes.

27 October 2008
No joint alignment on GM authorisation
EU Member States continue to have different ideas about possible changes in the authorisation process for genetically modified plants in Europe.

27 October 2008
Rockefeller Foundation to Fund Golden Rice’s Regulatory Approval
Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin announced that during the 2008 World Food Prize’s "Borlaug Dialogue" Symposium in Iowa, USA.

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