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- Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Genetically Modified Food - Collection of news and feature stories about genetically modified food. [Archive only, no longer maintained.]
- Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms - Overview of genetically modified foods, crops, organisms. Pros and cons of genetic modification.
- Global Issues: Genetically Engineered Food - Outlines scientific and consumer concerns about genetically engineered and modified foods. Safety, food patents, Monsanto's role and media coverage are addressed.
- CNN Food Central FDA wades into genetically modified foods controversy - [CNN]
- Friends of the Earth: Genetically Modified Food - UK national campaign outlines its aims, concerns about genetically engineered foods, a shopper's guide and an action plan.
- Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology - Headlines on genetically modified food, agricultural biotechnology and transgenic animals, intended for the public, media, and policymakers.
- Genetically Modified Food - UK and World News - Archive of news articles about GM foods, from 1998 to the present. Also includes editorials about the risks, lack of safety testing, and proponents of the products.
- Genetically Manipulated Food News - Information on the spread of genetic modification in the food supply as well as the politics and legal issues. Searchable index by subject and date.
- Genetically Engineered Foods - Safety Problems - Health and environmental problems with genetically engineered crops and foods explained in a summarized form. Authored by a global scientist network for independent interdisciplinary evaluation of the safety and value of new technologies.
- CNN Food Central Blair stands by science minister over genetically modified food - [CNN]
Wikipedia Articles
- Genetically modified food controversies - The GM food controversy is a dispute over the advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified food crops. No major health hazards have come to light since GM food was introduced 13 years ago, and close to 150 governmental and/or industry-financed studies have been published to attest their safety NAS Report - Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended ...
- Co-existence of genetically modified and conventional crops and derived food and feed - In the context of agriculture and food and feed production, co-existence means using cropping systems with and without genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in parallel. For co-existence to be assured, the separation and the identity of the respective food and feed products must be maintained at all stages of the production process.
- Genetically modified food - Genetically Modified (GM) foods are foodstuffs produced from genetically modified organisms (GMO) that have had their genome altered through genetic engineering. The process of producing a GMO is to take the DNA from one organism, modify it in a laboratory, and then insert it into another organism's genome ...
- Detection of genetically modified organisms - The detection of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food or feed is possible by biochemical means. It can either be qualitative, showing which GMO is present, or quantitative, measuring in which amount a certain GMO is present.
- International trade of genetically modified foods - The European Union and the United States have strong disagreements over the EU's regulation of genetically modified food. The US claims these regulations violate free trade agreements, the EU counter-position is that free trade is not truly free without informed consent.