July 08
USDA/PVPO grants protection to 25 new plant varieties
Oregon firm pays $3,700 to settle seed case
Uruguay presentó nueva política para transgénicos
Uruguay announces new policy for GM crops
Australian OGTR:
DIR 081/2007 - Limited
and controlled release of cotton genetically modified for
enhanced water use efficiency
MAF Biosecurity New
Zealand issues provisional import health standard 155.02.06:
Importation of Nursery Stock
India joins OECD Seed
Certification Schemes program
DuPont soybean
leadership advances with U.S. approval of Optimum GAT trait -
Regulatory milestone key step in bringing higher productivity to
soybean growers
Bayer CropScience's
Movento insecticide receives U.S. federal registration - Product
with unique ‘2-way systemic’ activity available in wide range of
crops
- Movento insecticide
receives California Department of Pesticide Regulation
registration
US Federal Register:
- Exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry 1A.105 protein in or on corn when used as a
plant-incorporated protectant in the food and feed commodities
of corn
- Exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus
thuringiensis modified Cry1Ab protein as identified under OECD
Unique Identifier SYN-IR67B-1 when used as a plant-incorporated
protectant in the food and feed commodities of cotton
India:
Decisions taken in the
87th meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) held on 9 July 2008
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Determination of the
safety of Monsanto Canada Inc.'s corn event MON 89034
Détermination de l'innocuité du maïs MON 89034 résistant à
des insectes de Monsanto Canada
La Comisaria europea
de Agricultura pide una mayor tolerancia de los OMGs en la UE
European Food Safety Authority - Opinion of the Scientific Panel
on Genetically Modified Organisms:
- Request from the
European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by
Greece on maize MON810 according to Article 23 of Directive
2001/18/EC
- Request from the
European Commission related to the safeguard clause invoked by
Hungary on maize MON810 according to Article 23 of Directive
2001/18/EC
- Application
(reference EFSA-GMO-NL-2006-36) for the placing on the market of
the glyphosate-tolerant genetically modified soybean MON89788,
for food and feed uses, import and processing under Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003 from Monsanto
First publicly funded
GM crop enters safety approval process for general use in South
Africa
Codex Alimentarius
Commission adopts guidelines on food safety assessment in
situation of low-level presence of recombinant-DNA plant
material
Plant Variety
Protection wheat seed case settled for $25,000
España:
Gobierno dice que basa
sus decisiones sobre transgénicos en el principio de precaución
Decision of the 86th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 25 June 2008 (PDF)
American Soybean Association
urges EU Commission to find practical solution for the low level
presence of biotech traits not yet approved in the European Union
Australian OGTR:
DIR 084/2008 - Limited and
controlled release of torenia genetically modified for enhanced
phosphate uptake
La Présidence française de l'Union Européenne lance un groupe de travail
pour renforcer l’évaluation des OGM à l’échelle européenne
Francia crea un grupo de trabajo para reforzar el control de los OGM
en la UE
Bayer CropScience strengthens global position in insecticides market:
insecticide Movento approved in United States and Canada - Launch
planned for 2008
Bayer CropScience stärkt weltweite Position im Insektizidmarkt:
Insektizid Movento® in USA und Kanada zugelassen - Markt-Einführung für
2008 geplant
Canada announces proposed changes to the Seeds Regulations to
establish a more flexible variety registration system
Le Canada annonce un projet de modification du Règlement sur les
semences visant à établir un système d'enregistrement des variétés
plus souple
Malawi government okays research into genetically modified crops
Improving Canada's seed certification system
L'amélioration du système de la certification des semences au Canada
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Glycogen phosphorylase use for production of potato plants
with increased starch levels
- Evaluation of economic parameters of biotech maize
DAS-59122-7 (referred as 59122) and MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (NK603)
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 74 new plant varieties
Member States of
the European Union agree in principle to abolish obligatory
set-aside
Soutien unanime à
la recherche sur les OGM : un marché de dupes ?
June 08
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Notifications of
variety registrations - April - June, 2008
European Union
Commission directive 2008/62/EC of 20 June 2008 providing for
certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and
varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional
conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing
of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties
Deutschland:
BVL setzt Zulassungen
für Pflanzenschutzmittel zur Behandlung von Rapssaatgut wieder
in Kraft
Australian OGTR:
DIR 080/2007 - Limited
and controlled release of wheat genetically modified for drought
tolerance
New intellectual
property plan to boost Chinese patents
U.S. Organic Trade Association
sues Ohio's Department of Agriculture to protect organic standards
Canadian Grain Commission announces grade changes to eastern crops for
2008-09
La CCG annonce les
changements apportés au classement des grains récoltés dans l’Est pour
la campagne agricole 2008-2009
France:
Biodiversité cultivée :
L'Europe fait un premier pas avec la directive sur les variétés de
conservation - Les professionnels des semences font des propositions
suite au 'Grenelle'
Proposal to create a
flexible variety registration system in Canada
Proposition pour la création d'un système souple d'enregistrement des
variétés au Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Impacts of crop placement
changes in new flexible variety registration system
Conséquences des modifications apportées au placement des cultures
grâce au nouveau système d'enregistrement des variétés plus souple
Canada Gazette:
Regulations Amending the
Seeds Regulations (Part III and Schedule III)
Règlement modifiant le
Règlement sur les semences (partie III et annexe III)
India adopts new set of guidelines for GE plants and foods
Agenda for the 86th meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) to be held on 25.6.2008
Decisions taken in the 85th Meeting of the Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee held on 28 May 2008 (PDF)
- Mahyco receives seed
production approval for Bt Brinjal
La Propiedad Intelectual y el
camino hacia el desarrollo
Mahyco receives seed production approval for Bt Brinjal
Samexistensregler
färdiga för odling av GMO
Federal Court upholds farmer control of the Canadian Wheat Board
Syngenta receives approval for Bt11 corn in Brazil
Liberada a comercialização de mais uma variedade de milho transgênico
Brasil autoriza el cultivo del maíz Bt 11
Kolloquium zu Biopatenten
eröffnet
Prior art: the skeleton in a patent’s closet
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Application to perform complementary field trials with
Syngenta’s Bt11 x GA21 stacked maize product in Spain (2008-2010)
- Registration Field Trials of Sugar beet tolerant to glyphosate
- Registration Field trials of Bt11 maize (2008)
- Field trials of Bt11 maize (2008)
New Coronet fungicide seed treatment from BASF receives U.S. EPA
approval - Coronet offers broad-spectrum protection of seed and
seedlings in vegetables and cotton
Distance learning course
offered on biotechnology and intellectual property
USDA/APHIS seeks public comment on deregulation of genetically cotton
U.S. Federal Register:
Bayer CropScience -
Availability of petition and draft environmental assessment for
determination of nonregulated status for cotton genetically engineered
for glyphosate herbicide tolerance
First Egyptian approval of genetically modified corn raises questions
Deutsches Weidelgras KUBUS zugelassen
Australian OGTR:
DIR 086/2008 -
Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled
release of maize genetically modified to investigate gene
function
Statement by the African Seed Trade Association on the food crisis
Communiqué de l'Association Africaine du Commerce des Semences sur la
crise alimentaire
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Directive D-06-04 "Seed Potato
Quality Management Program (SPQMP)" has been revised
Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments:
la directive D-06-04
"Programme de gestion de la qualité des pommes de terre de semence
(PGQPTS)" a été révisée
Monsanto submits SmartStax for approval by U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
Dow AgroSciences submits SmartStax for U.S. EPA regulatory review - New
stacked trait in corn on track for end of decade commercial launch
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Bundesverband
Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter e.V. beendet die Rahmenregelung Saat-
und Pflanzgut
Deutsches Bundesamt für
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit ordnet das Ruhen
der Zulassung für Saatgutbehandlungsmittel an
German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety
orders suspension of authorisation for seed disinfectants
Deutsches Bundesamt
für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit verpflichtet
Bayer zur Beobachtung der mit dem Pflanzenschutzmittel "Poncho"
behandelten Äcker - Untersuchung von Maispflanzen auf Rückstände
des Pflanzenschutzmittelwirkstoffs Clothianidin soll erneute
Schäden an Bienenvölkern verhindern
Marian Fischer-Böel
“Es necesario agilizar los trámites de aprobación de OMG
destinados al cultivo dentro de la UE”
BASF's Equinox
herbicide registered in Canada for use on canola
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically
modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 maize (4-year program 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified
DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified
DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Notification for the deliberate release of genetically modified
DP-Ø9814Ø-6xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1xDAS-59122-7 maize (4-year program: 2008 to 2011)
- Official trials for registration of maize varieties resistant to
certain Lepidopteran insect pests
- Field trials with glyphosate herbicide tolerant cotton transformation
event GHB614 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological evaluation
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize event
GA21 (Continuation)
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton
transformation event GHB119 for agronomic, nutritional and toxicological
evaluation
- Field trials with herbicide tolerant and insect resistance cotton
transformation event T304-40 for agronomic, nutritional and
toxicological evaluation
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, herbicide
resistance
- Agronomic evaluation of genetically modified cotton variety, insect
resistance
- Release of maize plants with event Nk-603 to perform the necesary
agronomic and identification trials required for the inclusion of maize
varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial Varieties (Registro
Español de Variedades Comerciales)
- Release of maize plants with eventS NK603 and MON810 combined to
perform the necesary agronomic and identification trials required for
the inclusion of maize varieties in the Spanish Registry of Commercial
Varieties (Registro Español de Variedades Comerciales)
New Zealand's Environmental Risk Management Authority plans GM crops
hearing
Australian
OGTR: Issue of licence
DIR 077/2007 to the University of Adelaide for a limited and controlled
release of wheat and barley genetically modified for enhanced tolerance
to abiotic stresses or increased beta glucan
Autorizan un nuevo maíz transgénico en Argentina
USDA/APHIS make changes to the area in the State of Idaho that is
quarantined to prevent the spread of potato cyst nematode
Union Européenne: vers une meilleure efficacité du processus
d’homologation des OGM? - Les professionnels des semences et de la
protection des plantes attendent de l’Europe plus de consensus et
d’efficacité.
Honduras planea la extensión de cultivos genéticamente modificados en
maíz y sorgo
El Salvador adopta el uso de cultivos genéticamente modificados
Australian
OGTR: DIR 083/2007 -
Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically
modified for enhanced waterlogging tolerance
Syngenta's Warrior
II with Zeon Technology receives Florida label approval for
broad-spectrum insect control in more than 23 crop groups
May 08
Limited release of GM
cotton in Pakistan
Oregon firm pays $1,200
to settle seed case
European Union Council
stalls pesticide review
Further registration
for the fungicidal substance Fluopicolide in Europe: Bayer
CropScience´s Infinito receives registration in Belgium
Weitere Zulassung für fungiziden Wirkstoff Fluopicolide in
Europa: Infinito von Bayer CropScience in Belgien zugelassen
DNA fingerprinting
identifies bean in patent dispute
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency
Determination of the Safety of Bayer CropScience’s GlyTol Cotton
Event GHB614
Détermination de l’innocuité du
coton transgénique GHB614 GlyTol de Bayer CropScience
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency announces proposed amendments to the Seeds
Regulations to remove the kernel visual distinguishability
requirements when importing wheat seed in Western Canada
(Canadian Wheat Board Area)
Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments (ACIA) annonce le
projet de modification du Règlement sur les semences visant à
supprimer les exigences en matière de distinction visuelle des
grains (DVG) lors de l’importation de semences de blé vers
l’Ouest canadien (région sous contrôle de la Commission
canadienne du blé)
Australian OGTR:
DIR 082/2007 -
Invitation to comment on a consultation Risk Assessment and Risk
Management Plan for the limited and controlled release of
perennial ryegrass and tall fescue genetically modified for
improved forage qualities
Monsanto and Syngenta
reach royalty-bearing licensing agreement on Roundup Ready 2
Yield soybean technology
Syngenta and Monsanto
reach agreement on corn and soybean technologies
Syngenta's Inspire
Super MP fungicide receives Section 18 emergency exemption for
cucurbits in Georgia
France:
La loi sur les OGM
enfin adoptée
- Le projet de
loi OGM a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale
- El Parlamento francés
aprueba el proyecto sobre los OGM
Le Conseil fédéral
helvétique souhaite prolonger le moratoire sur les OGM dans
l'agriculture
Bundesrat will Moratorium "gentechnikfreie Landwirtschaft"
verlängern
Il Consiglio federale intende prorogare la moratoria sugli OGM
in agricoltura
South Dakota firm pays
$3,225 to settle seed case
Michel Barnier
réaffirme sa vigilance dans le suivi de l'utilisation du Cruiser
New Zealand Ministry of
Agriculture reissues import health standard for seed for sowing
Difficult compromise: Basic
decision on genetic engineering liability
Schwieriger
Kompromiss: Grundsatzbeschluss zur Gentechnik-Haftung
Wichtige Fortschritte
im internationalen Umgang mit gentechnisch veränderten
Organismen
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Field testing continuation under official supervision for
characterization of genetically modified corn varieties derived
from NK603 line, and tolerant to glyphosate
- Field testing continuation under official supervision, for
characterization of genetically modified corn varieties NK603 x
MON 810, tolerant to glyphosate and protected against corn
borers
- Field testing under official supervision for characterization
of genetically modified corn MON 88017, tolerant to glyphosate
and protected against Corn Rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera)
Taiwan implements
registration for stacked traits
La ONU pide un acuerdo
en la producción y comercio de transgénicos
Egypt approves
commercialisation of first GM crop
El Salvador da el sí a
los transgénicos
Canada:
Seed Program Quality
System Procedure QSP 142.3 - Authorized Seed Crop Inspection
Service Monitoring and Auditing
Procédure du système qualité programme des semences PSQ 142.3
- Activités de surveillance et d'audit à l'égard des services
d'inspection de cultures de semences autorisés
Discussion paper of
German ag-industry about EU biotech policy implications
Las Cortes de Aragón
rechazan declarar la región libre de transgénicos
Syngenta's Alto
fungicide receives Section 3 registration in soybeans - Powerful
fungicide receives full U.S. registration
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 15 new plant varieties
Oklahoma firm pays
$2,275 to settle seed case
Iowa firm pays $1,725
to settle seed case
Status herbicide from
BASF now registered for use on popcorn in the United States
United Kingdom approves
Leeds University GM potato trial
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Notifications of
variety registrations - April-June, 2008
European Commission
procrastinates on GMOs while millions of farmers worldwide are
growing them
- La Comisión Europea
retrasa el debate sobre los OGM
Kansas Wheat Alliance
explains new license agreement for the production of the wheat
varieties Jagger, Overley, Fuller, RonL, and Danby for sale as
seed
Headline fungicide
receives U.S. government approval for use on oats - Registration
of BASF fungicide important for Canadian oat exports
La Comisión Europea
discutirá esta semana si debe cambiar su política sobre los
transgénicos
Government of India:
import of quality seeds and planting materials with a view to
improve productivity
U.S. Department of
Agriculture establishes a sorghum promotion, research and
information order
Protecting and
commercializing biotechnology
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture
announce revised guidelines for the movement of seed
potatoes between Canada and the United States
L’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments et le
département de l’agriculture des États-Unis annoncent de
nouvelles lignes directrices sur le commerce des pommes de
terre de semence entre le Canada et les États-Unis
Agenda for the 84th
meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee
(GEAC) to be held on 2.5.2008
April 08
US Patent Office
rejects US company’s patent protection for bean commonly grown
by Latin American farmers
Syngenta Crop
Protection receives US EPA approval for Warrior II with Zeon
Technology for broad-spectrum insect control in more than 23
crop groups
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Experimental release of genetically modified tobacco into the
environment
- Ecological relevance of potentially defensive genes during the
interaction between Solanum nigrum (Black Nightshade) and
environmental factors
Australian OGTR:
DIR 085/2008 -
Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled
release of cotton genetically modified for altered fatty acid
composition of the cottonseed oil
North American
Millers’ Association agrees with U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that further testing corn for StarLink would not
add to food safety
Two new fungicides
from BASF registered for use on cereals in the United States
Australian OGTR: Fact
sheet - Status of GM canola approvals, April 2008
U.S. scientists call
for more access to biotech crop data
Tag des geistigen
Eigentums - Züchter wollen Produktivität der Pflanzen für die
Ernährungssicherung weiter steigern
Deutschland:
Feldzerstörungen sind
inakzeptabel und strafbar, sagt Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister
Seehofer
CropLife Canada
supports Ontario's new proposal aimed at ending the
non-essential use of pesticides
Washington State
University offers first online certificate in organic
agriculture in United States
Food Standards
Australia New Zealand seeks public comment on genetically
modified corn
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open teleconferencing meeting of the Plant
Variety Protection Board
Egypt approves a Bt
-corn variety for domestic planting, the first such approval in
Egypt
South Dakota firm
pays $1,400 to settle seed case
Australian OGTR: DIR
080/2007 - Limited and controlled release of wheat genetically
modified for drought tolerance
BASF calls on EU
Commissioner Dimas to approve Amflora
BASF fordert EU-Kommissar Dimas zur Genehmigung von Amflora
auf
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Hybrid and composite
canola seed crop inspections procedures
Procédures
d'inspection des cultures de semences de canola hybride et
composite
Bayer CropScience to enforce its
Mefenpyr patent
Bayer CropScience
will Mefenpyr-Patent durchsetzen
KWS bietet
Feldbesetzern Dialog an: Keine dauerhafte Hinnahme der Besetzung
– Versuche werden wie geplant durchgeführt
ERMA New Zealand
receives application from Crop and Food Research to field test
GM onions, spring onions, garlic and leeks
KWS LOCHOW GMBH baut
Sortiment aus - Zulassung leistungsstarker Roggen-, Gersten-,
Weizen- und Triticalesorten
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Official variety testing of NK 603 Roundup Ready® corn hybrid
for economical evaluation
El proyecto de ley
sobre organismos MG divide al Gobierno francés
Three leading potato
starch producers see amylopectin starch from genetically
enhanced potatoes as a commercial opportunity and see no reason
to withhold Amflora approval
Die drei führenden Kartoffelstärkehersteller sehen für
Amylopek-tinstärke aus gentechnisch veränderten Kartoffeln
wirtschaftliches Potenzial und keinen Grund, die Genehmigung von
Amflora weiter hinauszuzögern
More than 100 farmers
to plant GM canola in Victoria, Australia
Australia's National
Variety Trials implements standardised disease resistance
ratings
Aragón apoya la
aprobación de nuevas variedades de maíz transgénico
Evaluation of the
European legislation governing the marketing of seeds and plant
propagating material within the European Union
Australian OGTR:
DIR 077/2007 -
Limited and controlled release of wheat and barley genetically
modified for enhanced tolerance to abiotic stresses or increased
beta glucan
83rd meeting of
India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC)
European Food Safety Authority:
Mandates related to
the environmental risk assessment of GM plants
France:
Discours de
Jean-Louis Borloo à l’Assemblée nationale sur le projet de loi
relatif aux biotechnologies
Reason 500 SC
fungicide from Bayer CropScience gets reduced plant-back for
2008 season in the U.S.
Deutsches
Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz genehmigt Versuche der KWS
Saat AG mit herbizid-toleranten Zuckerrüben
OGM en France:
enfin le débat
Desciende el
precio del maíz en España tras la aprobación del GA21
March 08
Improving GMO
regulation in Indonesia
USDA/AMS - Items of
Interest in Seed - April 2008
EU Commission
approves GA21 maize
La UE aprueba
la importación del maíz GA21
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 12 new plant varieties
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant maize
event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2012
Mexico publishes GM approval
guidelines
México publica
pautas para aprobar OGM
México aprueba la
importación, exportación y cultivo de transgénicos
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 13 new plant varieties
France:
Lettre relative au
projet de loi sur les OGM, envoyée aux députés français par le
président de la Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d’Exploitants
Agricoles
France:
La décision
d’interdiction des cultures de maïs OGM confirmée par le Conseil
d’Etat
-
French supreme court
confirms ban on MON810
New resource
available on the website of the American Seed Trade Association
(ASTA)
Percy Schmeiser
settles small claims court issue with Monsanto Canada
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 10 new plant varieties
France:
Suspension de la mise
en culture et de la mise sur le marché d’OGM
Brazil wrestles with
decision on GM corn, seed patenting
Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en
Voedselkwaliteit: AO
Plantenveredelingstechnieken van 5 februari 2008
TagTeam Soybean
liquid and NProve Soybean liquid, new soybean inoculants from
Novozymes BioAg, receive western Canadian registration
U.S. Federal Register:
National Organic
Program, sunset review
France:
Catalogue et semences
de ferme : le GNIS répond à la Confédération paysanne
Australia's Wheat
Industry Expert Group: Public consultation begins on industry
development functions
Amflora potato: not
this year
German Bundesrat
finally approves amendment of the German genetech law
Syngenta's Inspire SB
fungicide receives U.S. federal registration for sugarbeets -
New fungicide to control Cercospora leaf spot and powdery mildew
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize
MIR604 Maize
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the
deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified
herbicide tolerant GA21 maize (Field Trials)
- Application for review of authorization conditions for the
deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified
insect resistant Bt11 maize (Field Trials)
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize
and herbicide tolerant Bt11xMIR604xGA21 maize
- Field trials with genetically modified insect resistant maize
and herbicide tolerant Bt11xGA21 maize
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for
the deliberate release of MON 88017 maize, tolerant to
glyphosate and protected against Corn Root Worm (Diabrotica
virgifera) for the use in field trials in Romania
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for
the deliberate release of MON 89034 maize for the use in field
trials in Romania.
- The photosynthetic genome
Origin Agritech announces
nationwide corn seed approvals and additional provincial
approval
Initiative on biotech
labeling rejected by Romanian Senate
South Carolina firm
pays $2,350 to settle seed case
Government of Canada
tables amendments to the Canadian Wheat Board Act to
ensure barley marketing freedom
Gouvernement du Canada présente des modifications à la Loi
sur la Commission Canadienne du Blé pour assurer le libre
choix en matière de commercialisatino de l'orge
Five new corn hybrids
from Origin Agritech approved in central and west China
Government of Sri
Lanka notifies Plant Protection Regulations to WTO
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B,
for the deliberate release of glyphosate tolerant H7-1
sugarbeet for the use in field trials in Castilla y León
(Spain)
Canadian Food Inspection
Agency: Revised
directive D-97-11 "Seed Potato Certification Program -
Requirements for the production of Pre-Elite seed potatoes
from sources other than Nuclear Stock"
Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments:
Directive D-97-11
révisée "Programme de certification des pommes de terre de
semence - Exigences concernant la production de semences
Pré-Élite obtenues à partir de sources autres que le
matériel nucléaire"
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 14 new plant varieties
February 08
Full removal of kernel visual
distinguishability (KVD) as a variety registration screening
criterion for all classes of Western Canadian wheat as of August
1, 2008
Abandon de la
distinction visuelle des grains (DVG) pour toutes les classes de
blé en 2008
IFPRI discussion paper:
Regional
biotechnology regulations - Design options and implications for
good governance
UN over-regulation
inhibits new biotechnologies - Over-regulation is hindering new
biotechnologies such as GM crops
Australian OGTR:
DIR 084/2008 - -
Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled
release of torenia genetically modified for enhanced phosphate
uptake
Syngenta's Revus
fungicide receives U.S. federal registration - New chemistry
protects against Phytophthora and downy mildews
Revision of Plant
Variety Protection Regulations in China
Interdiction du
maïs Bt en France: L’Association Générale des Producteurs de
Maïs attaquent devant le Conseil d’Etat
Los productores franceses impugnan ante el Consejo de Estado la
moratoria
Brasil:
Variedades de
milho transgênico liberadas são seguras para consumo humano, diz
ministro
Thai Cabinet to
allow biotech field trials with restrictive measures
Approval of GMO
crops: US and EU seek agreement, EU farmers’ associations press
for speed
Italy:
67% of farmers are
ready to grow GMOs immediately, says a Demoskopea survey
presented in Milan for the Italian biotech association
Assobiotec on "maize growers' preception of GMOs in the Italian
region of Lombardy"
New Stamina
fungicide seed treatment from BASF registered in the U.S.,
offers control of key seedling diseases right out the ground
Deutsches
Bundeslandwirtschaftsministerium setzt Neuberechnung der
Ökoprämien zugunsten der Biobauern durch
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Effects of stacked Bt-maize with ECB and WCR resistance genes
on non-target organisms
- Weed control strategies in Maize
- Monitoring of Key Non-Target Arthropods in Transgenic Maize
Lines Containing Events DP-Ø9814Ø-6, DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1,
and DP-Ø9814Ø-6 × DAS-Ø15Ø7-1 × DAS-59122-7
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for
the deliberate release of NK603 maize, for use in field trials
in Slovakia
Australian OGTR:
DIR 083/2007 -
Notification of licence application - Limited and controlled
release of cotton genetically modified for enhanced waterlogging
tolerance
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency: Production, maintenance, multiplication and
certification of nuclear stock class seed potatoes
Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments: Production,
conservation, multiplication et certification des pommes de
terre de semence de classe matériel nucléaire
Potato Amflora:
BASF expects green light from EU Commission
Amflora: BASF erwartet grünes Licht von EU-Kommission
España:
Los productores de
maíz reclaman poder desarrollar la biotecnología "con libertad"
U.S. Federal Register:
- Availability of
an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
for a field release to produce antibodies in genetically
engineered nicotiana hybrids
- Availability of
an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
for a proposed field release of genetically engineered safflower
Southeast Asian
biotechnology regulators and researchers to discuss
rationalization and harmonization
German
biotechnology law jumps last hurdle
Neues
Gentechnikgesetz als Chance begreifen, sagt deutscher
Bundesverbraucherminister
European Union:
Proposals to
authorise GM soybean A2704-12 and cotton LL25 to be transmitted
to the Council
Brasil:
Conselho Nacional
de Biossegurança libera duas variedades de milho transgênico
Brazil gives final
permit for GMO maize varieties
Schweizerisches
Bundesamt für Umwelt bewilligt drei Freisetzungsversuche mit
gentechnisch veränderten Organismen der Universität Zürich und
der ETH Zürich unter strengen Auflagen
L'Office fédéral de l'environnement (OFEV) autorise, sous
certaines conditions très strictes, trois demandes de
dissémination expérimentale d'organismes génétiquement modifiés
déposées par l'Université de Zurich et l'EPF de Zurich
Swiss Federal Department of the Environment approves
applications by the University of Zurich and the ETH to sowed GM
wheat experimentally in the spring at the Agricultural Research
Institute of Zurich-Reckenholz
European
Commission requires certification for Chinese rice products to
stop unauthorised GMO from entering the EU
Canada ends kernel
visual distinguishability (KVD) as a variety registration
screening criterion for all classes of wheat on August 1, 2008
Le Canada abandonne la distinction visuelle des grains (DVG)
à titre de critère d’enregistrement des variétés pour toutes les
classes de blé au 1er août 2008
After kernel visual
distinguishability (KVD): wheat exports will continue to meet
Canadian Grain Commission’s standards for quality
Après l'élimination
de la distinction visuelle des grains (DVG), les exportations de
blé continueront à satisfaire aux normes de qualité de la
Commission canadienne des grains
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 55 new plant varieties
Kentucky firm pays
$3,150 to settle seed case
Uganda approves Bt
cotton trials
Agricultural
Council of Agricultural Research solicits views on seed
standards for germination and dormancy treatments for indigenous
medicinal and aromatic plants
La France notifie
la clause de sauvegarde du maïs MON810 à la Commission
européenne
France: Arrêté du
7 février 2008 suspendant la mise en culture des variétés de
semences de maïs génétiquement modifié (Zea mays L.
lignée MON 810)
ISB News Report
- Supreme Court consigns the Monsanto–McFarling litigation to
rest in peace
U.S. Federal Register:
United States
standards for grades of cantaloups
Decision taken at
the 82st meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) held on January 11, 2008
China establishes
four new national standards that set quality requirements for
legume, cereal, fiber crop, and oilseed seeds
Canada's National Forum on Seed
announces Working Group meeting on Novelty
Le Forum national
sur les semences annonce une réunion de groupe de travail
portant sur la nouveauté
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification for the field testing of spring oilseedrape (Brassica
napus) genetically modified for improved oil composition in
the seed
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant
maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2010
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically
modified DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize
Monsanto
receives final regulatory approval in Japan, the Philippines
and Taiwan for its second-generation soybean technology,
Roundup Ready 2 Yield (MON 89788)
France: La
clause de sauvegarde - décryptage d’une procédure
Barley variety
Buloke approved for malting and brewing status in Australia
Canadian Food Inspection
Agency
Determination
of the safety of Pioneer Hi-Bred Production Ltd.’s
sulfonylurea-tolerant ExpressSun sunflower (Helianthus
annuus L.) SU7
Détermination du risque du tournesol (Helianthus annuus
L.) ExpressSun SU7 tolérant la sulfonylurée de Pioneer
Hi-Bred Production Ltd.
Australian
OGTR: DIR 082/2007
- Limited and controlled release of perennial ryegrass and
tall fescue genetically modified for improved forage
qualities
German
Parliament amends biotechnology law
January 08
Worldwide access to
Community plant variety rights
France:
Insecticide
Cruiser - une mise sur le marché surveillée et évaluée
Analyse par la
société Monsanto de l'avis sur la dissémintaion du MON 810 sur
le territoire français rendu par le Comité de préfiguration
d'une Haute Autorité sur les OGM le 9 janvier 2008
Analysis by Monsanto of the opinion on the dissemination of
MON 810 on the French territory by the Committee of
Prefiguration of a High Authority on GM Organisms on January 9,
2008
Semences : la
France en pleine contradiction
Valent USA and
Sumitomo Chemical file complaints at the International Trade
Commission and in U.S. courts against Syngenta AG and
subsidiaries in a dispute over insecticide patents
European Food Safety Authority
works with Member States on best approaches to GMO risk
assessment
Pioneer Hi-Bred
announces expansion in the greater Des Moines, Iowa area -
Regulatory group will relocate to Ankeny to support growth,
increase capacity
Transgenic rice
seeds still await the go-ahead in China
Australian
OGTR: DIR 081/2007
- Limited and controlled release of cotton genetically modified
for enhanced water use efficiency
SGS MidWest Seed
Services announces approval by Australian Quarantine and
Inspection Service
India's Department
of Biotechnology posts new guidelines for GM crops
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for
the deliberate release of MON 89034, MON 88017 and MON 89034 ×
MON 88017 maize, for the use in field trials in Slovakia
- Monitoring of key non-target arthropods in transgenic maize
lines containing events GAT-R11-A, GAT-R11-A × 1507, and
GAT-R11-A × 1507 × 59122
Florida Genetics
granted US patent on new genetic engineering technique for
controlling gene expression in plants
Poland may not ban
genetically modified plants
Bundesregierung
verhindert die Nutzung von Innovationen - Pflanzenzüchter sehen
Standortnachteile für die deutsche Landwirtschaft
American Soybean
Association supports United States government on WTO ruling
against the EU on biotechnology
Confined field
trials of GM cotton approved in Uganda
DuPont receives
U.S. federal registration for two corn herbicides, Resolve Q and
Require Q
Las autoridades
españolas establecen un nivel de seguridad, control y
transparencia sin precedentes en la agricultura OMG
Australian
OGTR: DIR 080/2007
- Limited and controlled release of wheat genetically modified
for drought tolerance
Vietnam: draft
regulations for field trials of genetically modified crops
Farmers, consumer
advocates, conservationists challenge U.S. federal approval of
genetically engineered beets
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Notification according to Directive 2001/18/EC, Part B, for
the deliberate release of glyphosate-tolerant sugar beet (H7-1)
for field trials in Germany
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified
DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize into the environment
- Quality evaluation of some chosen cucumber transgenic lines
with taumatin gene
Statement of the
United States Trade Representative on the biotech dispute with
the European Union
France:
-
OGM : application
du principe de précaution
- Maïs
génétiquement modifié : Un beau gâchis !
- French biotech
crop decision environmentally unfriendly
- La decisión
francesa sobre el maíz transgénico perjudica al medio ambiente
- Frankreich:
Anbauverbot für MON810-Mais
New Zealand
approves genetically modified high-lysine corn for animals
France:
-
Le comité de
préfiguration d’une Haute Autorité sur les OGM présente ses
conclusions sur le maïs Mon 810
- Quelques
vérités sur l’avis relatif à un maïs génétiquement modifié
- Les « doutes
sérieux » du Président Le Grand : pas sérieux du tout
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Control of potato cyst-nematodes with minimised environmental
impact
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified
DP-Ø9814Ø-6 maize
- Potato plant AV43-6-G7 with reduced amylose content
- Investigation of the influence of genetically modified maize
resistant to glyphosate (NK603) on weed population in crop
rotation compared with conventional weed control system in maize
- Sugar beet tolerant to glyphosate and resistant to virus
disease Rhizomania, Sweden, 2008-2012
France:
Le projet de loi
sur les OGM sera débattu au Sénat à partir du 5 février au Sénat
et après les élections municipales à l’Assemblée Nationale
L’épi du maïs OGM
sera-t-il bientôt fauché en France par excès de démagogie?
Registration of
BASF's Solo herbicide in place for 2008 Clearfield production
system for lentils in Canada
Massachusetts
firm pays $1,550 to settle seed case
USDA/APHIS
seeks public comment on genetically engineered alfalfa
U.S. Federal
Register: Environmental impact statement - Determination of
regulated status of alfalfa genetically engineered for
tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate
BASF Canada
receives minor use registration for Solo herbicide on
Clearfield sunflowers - Registration paves way for
introduction of new herbicide-tolerant production system in
2008
Florida firm
pays $700 to settle seed case
December 07
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces seed grader program recognition by the
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
U.S. Federal
Register: National Organic Program: Allowed and prohibited
substances; national list; Sunset Review
Update from the
National Forum on Seed of Canada
Mise à jour du Forum national sur les semences du Canada
International Seed
Testing Association (ISTA) voting governments adopt proposal to
discontinue the ISTA Green Certificate
December 07
newsletter of the African Seed Trade Association (AFSTA)
- SADC Permanent Secretaries finalize MoU on SADC harmonized
seed regulatory system
Ukraine adopts law
on biosafety in creating, testing, transporting and using GM
organisms
Украина приняла закон «О государственной системе
биобезопасности при создании, испытании, транспортировке и
использовании генетически модифицированных организмов»
European Union
votes remove requirement for mandatory testing of U.S.
long-grain rice for the presence of GE traits
Oklahoma firm pays
$1,750 to settle seed case
International Seed
Federation arbitration announcement
U.S. Federal Register:
Receipt of an
application 524-EUP-97 from Monsanto Company requesting an
amendment to the experimental use permit (EUP) for Bacillus
thuringiensis Cry1A.105 protein and the genetic material
necessary for its production (vector PV-ZMIR245) in event MON
89034 corn, Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ab2 protein and the
genetic material necessary for its production (vector
PV-ZMIR245) in event MON 89034 corn, and Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry3Bb1 protein and the genetic material (vector PV-ZMIR39)
necessary for its production in event MON 88017 corn
USDA/FAS GAIN report:
Taiwan grants
approval to Agrisure MIR604 Corn and renewal approvals to
RRS40-3-2 soybean and Mon810 corn
U.S. Federal Register:
United States
standards for grades of tomatoes on the vine
Komando, eine neue
Winterrapssorte von KWS, wird in Deutschland zugelassen
BASF expects
European Union approval of Amflora potato within weeks
Australian
OGTR: DIR 077/2007
- Notification of Licence Application - Limited and controlled
release of wheat and barley genetically modified for enhanced
tolerance to abiotic stresses or increased beta glucan
Innovationsfeindliche Resolution des Rates der Stadt Northeim -
KWS befremdet über Ausschlagung von Informationsangeboten
Supreme Court of
Canada denies leave to appeal in Saskatchewan organic case
U.S. Federal Register:
Monsanto Company -
Availability of petition and environmental assessment for
determination of nonregulated status for corn genetically
engineered for insect resistance
Frankreich:
Neues
Gentechnikgesetz rechtzeitig zum Anbau 2008?
Food Standards
Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) invites comments on a number of
applications to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards
Code
Ontario, Canada
grower ordered to pay Monsanto C$160 per acre for violating
patent rights on Roundup Ready soybeans
France - Journal Officiel:
- Décret
instituant un comité de préfiguration d'une haute autorité sur
les organismes génétiquement modifiés
- Arrêté suspendant la cession et l'utilisation des semences de
maïs MON810
ISB News Report
- Patent battles on and off the court
Decision taken in
the 81st Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) held on November 22, 2007
Deutschland:
Rechtlage wieder
hergestellt - BVL hebt den umstrittenen Bescheid zu MON 810 auf
France:
OGM - Une
suspension injustifiée
Bayer
CropScience's Laudis herbicide receives U.S. EPA registration
for use in all corn crops
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Application for the release into environment of
genetically modified potatoes with altered starch metabolism
or with improved resistance to Phytophthora infestans under
simplified procedure (2008 - 2012)
- Testing of genetic modified potato plants for late blight
resistance.
- Application for the release into the environment of
potatoes with altered starch composition (II) according to
the Genetically Modified Organisms Decree
- Potato with improved resistance to Phytophthora infestans
- Investigation of genetically modified triticale
- Notification “B” for the field testing of spring oilseed
rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for increased oil
content in the seed
- Notification “A” for the field testing of spring oilseed
rape (Brassica napus) genetically modified for increased oil
content in the seed
- Field trials of genetically modified herbicide tolerant
maize event GA21 to be carried out between 2008 and 2012
U.S. Federal Register:
- Bacillus
thuringiensis Vip3Aa19 protein in cotton; Extension of a
temporary exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
-
Bacillus
thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein and the genetic material
necessary for its production in corn; extension of temporary
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
Deutscher
Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister: „Energie- und Klimapaket
stärkt Bioenergie“
-
Bundeskabinett stellt die Weichen in der
Biokraftstoffpolitik neu - Ausrichtung der
Biokraftstoffförderung an der Treibhausgas-Effizienz
Bacillus
thuringiensis Vip3Aa20 protein and the genetic material
necessary for its production in corn; extension of temporary
exemption from the requirement of a tolerance
France: Suites
du Grenelle - La FNSEA joue le jeu
European
Commissioner rejects scientific advice on GM approval
November 07
GM moratoria to be
lifted in two Australian states
Concluído o
Quadro Regulamentar Nacional sobre OGM
Cal/West Seeds
obtains patent protection for StandFast alfalfa
Ohio firm pays
$1,550 to settle seed case
Streit um die
Anbau-Zulassung zweier Bt-Maislinien - EU-Kommissar Dimas stellt
sich gegen seine wissenschaftliche Fachbehörde
European Food Safety Authority:
Opinion of the
Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms on an
application (reference EFSA-GMO-UK-2004-04) for the placing on
the market of glufosinate tolerant genetically modified rice
LLRICE62 for food and feed uses, import and processing, under
Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 from Bayer CropScience GmbH
Dow AgroSciences
Canada Inc.’s Leave to Appeal application dismissed by Supreme
Court
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
Australian
election signals world wheat marketing change
Deutscher
Landwirtschaftsminister Seehofer: Zulassung gv-Pflanzen allein
auf wissenschaftlicher Basis
China changes
agriculture investment restrictions
U.S. Department of
Agriculture concludes GM creeping bentgrass investigation
Gentechnik in
tierischen Produkten – Steht nicht drauf, ist aber drin
Ganho ilusório:
soja pirata pode resultar em prejuízo ao produtor
European
scientists warn Commissioner Dimas against undermining science
on biotech crop approvals
European Union
Commissioner Dimas’ rejection of two GM maize products would
undermine the EU’s safety assessment process, says EuropaBio
Le refus du Commissaire Dimas d’autoriser deux nouveaux maïs
biotechnologiques pourrait saboter le processus européen
d’évaluation
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency: Notifications of variety registrations -
October
1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
Roadmap
Biokraftstoffe vor der Sackgasse? Fehlender Sortenschutz
gefährdet Produktivitätsfortschritt in der Landwirtschaft
Authorisations to
permit temporarily the marketing of seed not satisfying the
requirements in respect of the minimum germination according to
the European Commission Regulation (EC) No 217/2006
Nederland wil
zorgvuldige en voortvarende toelating van genetisch
gemodificeerde gewassen
Création en France
de la Haute autorité relative aux biotechnologies: Attention aux
dérives
New South
Wales to end moratorium on GM canola
- GM canola choice
for New South Wales farmers
- GRDC
welcomes decision by New South Wales and Victoria to lift
their moratoria on the commercial production of GM canola
Liability and
compensation schemes for damage resulting from the presence of
GM organisms in non-GM crops
"It’s already one
minute past midnight": The EU Farm Council must act on
conclusions of the DG AGRI Report "Economic Impact of Unapproved
GMOs on EU feed imports and livestock production
« Il est minuit passé » : Le Conseil Agricole UE doit agir
face aux conclusions du rapport de la DG Agriculture sur
l’impact économique des OGM non autorisés sur l’importation
d’aliments pour animaux et l’élevage en Europe
"Es ist schon fünf nach zwölf": Der EU-Agrarministerrat muss auf
die Schlussfolgerungen des Berichts der GD Landwirtschaft zu den
wirtschaftlichen Folgen nicht zugelassener genetisch veränderter
Organismen auf die Futtermittelimporte und die
Veredelungswirtschaft in der Gemeinschaft ("Economic Impact of
Unapproved GMOs on EU feed imports and livestock production")
reagieren
Innovotech files
with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for novel seed
treatment product
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 29 new plant varieties
Research helps put
farmers' rights on the agenda
USDA certifies
EnviroLogix' QuickTox™ Kit for DON in corn
Deutschland:
Entbürokratisierung der Nachbauregelung
New Bayer CropScience insecticide
spirotetramat granted first regulatory approval
Neues Bayer
CropScience Insektizid Spirotetramat weltweit erstmals
zugelassen
University of
Queensland researchers examine new trend of patenting plant
innovations and determining its value to the Australian
horticulture industry
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency announcies changes to the Seeds Regulations
L'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA) annonce
des modifications au Règlement sur les semences
Canadian Food
Inspection Agency: National Workshop on Seed Program
Modernization
l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments: Atelier
national sur la modernisation du Programme des semences
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 32 new plant varieties
Decisions taken in
the 80th Meeting of India's Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC), held on october 1, 2007
CAP Reform:
European Commission proposes new cotton reform taking account of
Court of Justice ruling
BASF Canada
receives new crop registration for HEADLINE fungicide: control
of Crown rust in oats added to label
Australian OGTR:
DIR 074/2007 -
Limited and Controlled release of GM insect resistant and/or
herbicide tolerant Gossypium barbadense cotton
U.S. Department of
Agriculture begins issuing import permits for fruits and
vegetables from Africa
U.S. Department of
Agriculture announces open meeting of the Plant Variety
Protection Board
The European
Community register of genetically modified food and feed has
been updated
ISB News Report
- Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary announces plan to improve
quality compliance of genetically engineered products
Dow AgroSciences
receives first global registration for pyroxsulam cereal
herbicide
USDA/ARS intends
to grant to Peterson Seed Associates an exclusive license to the
variety of birdsfoot trefoil described in Plant Variety
Protection Certificate Number 200700300, "Witt"
Deliberate releases and placing on the
EU market of GM organisms:
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically
modified DAS-59122-7xDAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6
(59122x1507xNK603) maize (4-year program)
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically
modified DAS-Ø15Ø7-1xMON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (1507xNK603) maize (4-year
program)
- Application for the deliberate release of genetically modified
MON-ØØ6Ø3-6 (NK603) maize (4-year program)
MIHR and PIPRA
publish online version of the IP Handbook of Best Practices
in Health and Agricultural Innovation
October 07
New article to
help U.S. organic farmers understand laws prohibiting use of GM
organisms
USDA/AMS Items of
Interest in Seed - October 2007
Siegers Seed
Company announces companywide adoption of the Codes for Pest
Organisms in Vegetable Crops recommended by the International
Seed Federation
Innovotech files
with Health Canada for novel seed treatment product
CIOPORA
and its members increase
efforts against piracy of plant variety rights
U.S. Farm Bill
- American Soybean
Association applauds completion of Senate Farm Bill
- National Corn
Growers Association disappointed in Farm Bill markup results
- Farm Bill
provision may provide premiums for oilseeds for healthier food
France - Grenelle de
l’environnement
- Monsieur le Président, vous avez cédé aux
marchands de peur et de mensonges!
- CropLife
International statement regarding French regulatory proposals on
plant science
- EuropaBio
comments on French President Sarkozy's statements on the
cultivation of biotech crops in France
European Union OKs
three more corn biotechnology traits for food, feed use
U.S. Environment
Protection Agency proposes to cease monitoring for StarLink cornFeu vert de
Bruxelles pour l’importation de quatre nouvelles plantes
biotechnologiques
Monsanto's stacked
trait corn technology receives European regulatory approval
U.S. Federal Register:
USDA Agricultural
Research Service requests nominations for the Advisory Committee
on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture
Monsanto Australia
granted a permit to extend the Bollgard II planting windows for
this season
Förslag till
svenska regler för GMO-odling
52% des Français
pensent qu’il faut permettre la culture encadrée des OGM pour
sauvegarder la compétitivité des agriculteurs français
European Union
approves Herculex RW corn for food, feed, import and processing
- Imports into the European Union also authorized for corn
stacked with Herculex I and RoundupReady Corn 2 traits
- L’Union Européenne autorise le
maïs Herculex RW pour l’alimentation humaine, l’alimentation
pour animaux, l’importation et la transformation
- L’UE approva il Mais Herculex RW per l’alimentazione umana,
animale, per l’importazione e per la trasformazione
- EU keurt Herculex® RW mais goed voor voedsel, veevoer, import
en verwerking
- EU lässt Herculex® RW Mais als Lebens- und Futtermittel und
für Import und Verarbeitung zu
- UE aprova milho Herculex® RW para alimentação humana, animal,
importação e processamento
- La UE aprueba el maíz Herculex® RW para su uso como alimento,
pienso, importación y procesado
Syngenta's Platinum
and Actara insecticides receive expanded and new crop use labels
in Florida
European
Parliament's first reading on key pesticide legislation would
inflict serious damage on Europe's food and farming, says the
European Crop Protection Association
New York firm pays
$1,400 to settle seed case
China updates plant
variety testing procedures
Syngenta's Endigo
insecticide registered for use in cotton in the United States
USDA/AMS Items of
Interest in Seed - October 2007
GNIS Info:
Les semences de
ferme en France et la loi
France:
Lutte contre la
contrefaçon des semences fermières
National
Workshop on Seed Program Modernization hosted by the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Atelier national sur la modernisation du Programme des semences
organisé par l’Agence canadienne d’inspection des aliments
(ACIA)
Turkey accedes to
the UPOV Convention
La Turquie adhère à la Convention UPOV
Die Türkei tritt dem UPOV-Übereinkommen bei
Turquía se adhiere al Convenio de la UPOV
Bio Suisse
aktualisiert Sortenlisten für Gemüse und Zierpflanzen
Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
Determination of
the Safety of Syngenta Seeds Inc.'s
Corn (Zea mays L.)
Event MIR604
Détermination de l'innocuité du maïs (Zea mays L.) MIR604 de
Syngenta Seeds Inc.
Monsanto Company
executives adopt 10b5-1 trading plans
U.S. Environment
Protection Agency proposes to cease monitoring for StarLink corn
U.S. Federal Register:
- EPA draft white
paper regarding StarLink corn dietary exposure and risk;
availability for comment; notice
- Guidance for
industry on FDA recommendations for sampling and testing yellow
corn and dry-milled yellow corn shipments intended for human
food use for Cry9C protein residues; Comments on possible
withdrawal
Canada:
Seed Potato Quality
Management Program directive now available on the Web
Directive "Programme de gestion de la qualité des pommes de
terre de semence" accessible sur le Web
Philippines
Department of Agriculture won't impose ban on GM organisms in
Negros Occidental
Juíza proíbe a
CTNBio de liberar milho transgênico sem elaboração de medidas de
biossegurança
Embrapa move ações
judiciais contra pirataria de sementes
European biotech
industry delegation hosts European Union Commissioners
France:
Déclaration de
Jean-Michel Lemetayer, président de la
FNSEA, sur les OGM
U.S. Department of
Agriculture seeks public comment on deregulation of genetically
engineered soybean
Member states of
the European Union deliver no opinion on proposals for the
authorisation of 3 GM maize varieties and a GM potato
Syngenta's Agrisure
corn rootworm biotech trait approved in Mexico
Syngenta to prepare
application for new EU registration for paraquat
Syngenta bereitet neuen EU-Zulassungsantrag für Paraquat vor
USDA's Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service concludes genetically engineered
rice investigation
-
APHIS Liberty
Link investigation report yields few answers, says USA Rice
Federation
- Bayer CropScience
comments on USDA report on biotech rice
U.S. Federal Register:
Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc. - Availability of petition and
environmental assessment for determination of nonregulated
status for soybean genetically engineered for tolerance to
glyphosate and acetolactate synthase-inhibiting herbicides
Top maize breeders in Southern
and Eastern Africa urge governments to speed approvals of
new crop varieties needed by farmers
Les principaux
sélectionneurs de maïs en Afrique orientale et australe
exhortent les gouvernements à accélérer les autorisations
pour les nouvelles variétés de cultures nécessaires aux
agriculteurs
