<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>GMO News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=11&amp;catid=264</link><description>News Feed for - GMO</description><item><title>Concern over GM crop proposal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96278778&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:25:00</pubDate><description>The WA Opposition has accused the Agriculture Minister Terry Redman of turning his back on shires in his electorate over a proposal to introduce genetically modified (GM) crops. The Opposition Spokesman </description><source>ABC Online</source></item><item><title>Time  to push for positive perspective on GM crops</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96262377&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T00:40:00</pubDate><description>ONE of the workers on my father's farm was a Polish ex- serviceman who struggled manfully with the English language. When he chose the wrong word or pronunciation, his work colleagues would mock him. </description><source>The Scotsman</source></item><item><title>Monsanto Found Guilty Of Not Telling The Truth</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96278054&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:18:00</pubDate><description>Monsanto had not told the truth about the safety of its best-selling weed-killer, Roundup. The court confirmed an earlier judgment that Monsanto had falsely advertised its herbicide as biodegradable and </description><source>Growing Edge</source></item><item><title>Origin Agritech Announces Final Approval of Worlds First Genetically Modified Phytase </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96158024&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T00:24:00</pubDate><description>Origin Agritech Limited (NASDAQ GS: SEED) (Origin), a leading technology-focused supplier of crop seeds and agri-biotech research in China, today announced it has received the Bio-safety Certificate from </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Syngenta GM maize fails to get EU ministers' backing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96080673&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T15:27:00</pubDate><description>BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (Reuters) - EU farm ministers failed on Friday to agree whether to approve a genetically modified maize made by Swiss firm Syngenta, paving the way for default approval by the European </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>CA junks trial courtā??s injunction on genetically modified rice</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96252632&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T22:13:00</pubDate><description>MANILA (PNA) ā?? The Court of Appeals (CA) has junked the injunction order of a Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) which prevented the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) </description><source>Mindanao Daily Mirror</source></item><item><title>Can GM rice fill the world's ...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96245255&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T20:29:00</pubDate><description>world's shortfall? - National Rural - - - Skip directly to: , , . National Rural Can GM rice fill the world's shortfall? Can GM rice fill the world's shortfall? MATT CAWOOD 17 Nov, 009 03:00 PM Genetically </description><source>Stock Journal</source></item><item><title>GM wheat worth it: Monsanto</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96216635&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:12:00</pubDate><description>MONSANTOS director of research Harvey Glick has urged Australian growers to be patient in the wait for genetically modified (GM) wheats. The multi-national biotech business has recently recommissioned </description><source>North Queensland Register</source></item><item><title>GM crops divide public, but nation backs its farmers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96099045&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T07:11:00</pubDate><description>AUSTRALIANS are deeply divided over genetically modified crops, with almost a third believing they are risky and another quarter unsure of their safety. The latest ANU Poll, issued to The Canberra Times, </description><source>Stock Journal</source></item><item><title>CORRECTED - (OFFICIAL)-UPDATE 1-Brazil does not clear use of Bayer GMO soy</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95992836&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T18:47:00</pubDate><description>SAO PAULO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's biotechnology agency CTNBio said on Thursday it did not approve the commercial planting of a genetically modified soybean variety produced by Bayer (BAYGn.DE: Quote, </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>CA reverses RTC decision on GMO rice case</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96258684&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-22T23:58:00</pubDate><description>MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) has reversed a lower court order which barred the government from granting Bayer Crop Science Inc.'s application to use the Liberty Link Rice 62 (LLRice 62), a genetically-modified </description><source>ABS-CBN News</source></item><item><title>CbCOR15, A Cold-Regulated Gene from Alpine Chorispora bungeana, Confers Cold Tolerance </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96112893&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T23:27:00</pubDate><description>The aim of this study was to examine the influence of dyeing on antibacterial efficiency of corona activated polyamide and polyester fabrics loaded with colloidal Ag nanoparticles as well as the influence </description><source>Bioscience Technology Online</source></item><item><title>Poultry Company Falls Fowl on GM-Free ClaimNEW ZEALAND - The Commerce Commission </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96076821&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T14:56:00</pubDate><description>NEW ZEALAND - The Commerce Commission has warned a poultry company about its claim that its chicken free of genetically modified (GM) ingredients, following an expert report that stated: 'There can be </description><source>PoultrySite</source></item><item><title>GM wheat worth it</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96182987&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T21:27:00</pubDate><description>MONSANTOS director of research Harvey Glick has urged Australian growers to be patient in the wait for genetically modified (GM) wheats. The multi-national biotech business has recently recommissioned </description><source>Farm Online, The Land</source></item><item><title>GMO Rice - U.S. Suit Confirms Contamination in Country, ERA</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96032779&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T01:59:00</pubDate><description>THE legal action instituted against Bayer CropScience AG by farmers in the United States for allegedly contaminating their farms with Genetically Modified (GM) rice seeds in 2006 is a further confirmation </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>GM food news.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96031680&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T23:23:00</pubDate><description>1. The Independent reports that a leading Government scientist has urged leaders around the world to give greater support to genetically modified crop technologies in order to avert global food shortages. </description><source>Food Line Web</source></item><item><title>Govt yet to make GM crops decision</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95959190&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-19T03:58:00</pubDate><description>Agriculture Minister Terry Redman says he will decide next year whether to permanently lift Western Australia's moratorium on genetically modified (GM) crops. A group of GM opponents held a protest outside </description><source>ABC Online</source></item><item><title>Report: GM Crops Increase Pesticide Use, Weed Resistance</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95769614&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T19:27:00</pubDate><description>the impact of genetically modified (GM) crops after the first 13 years of commercial use in the U.S. finds that GM crops have increased overall pesticide use 318.4 million pounds compared to the amount </description><source>Chemical Week</source></item><item><title>Attenuation of Angiotensin IIā??Induced Hypertension and Cardiac Hypertrophy in </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95910678&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-18T16:39:00</pubDate><description>Attenuation of Angiotensin IIā??Induced Hypertension and Cardiac Hypertrophy in Transgenic Mice Overexpressing a Type 1 Receptor Mutant     American Journal of Hypertension 22,                 1320 (December </description><source>American Journal of Hypertension</source></item><item><title>Asia Prelates Give OK to Genetically Modified Rice</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96034896&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T23:38:00</pubDate><description>MANILA, Philippines, NOV. 19, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Filipino bishops are expressing support for genetically modified organisms, as long as the new strains do not pose a threat to the environment. The episcopal </description><source>Zenit</source></item><item><title>Major food brands commit to ...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96043612&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T20:26:00</pubDate><description>A COMMITMENT by four major food brands to avoid genetically modified organisms is a win for consumers wishing to avoid GMOs in their diet, according to the Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA). With </description><source>Farm Online, The Land</source></item><item><title>GM FOOD - Commission to transmit to the Council a proposal to authorise a GM maize</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96100473&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T19:53:00</pubDate><description>The Commission will transmit to the Council a proposal to authorise genetically modified (GM) maize after Member States representatives were not able to endorse it today during a meeting of the Standing </description><source>University of Reading</source></item><item><title>GM FOOD - "GMOs: letting the voice of science speak", Speech by Mariann Boel, Commission </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96100344&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T19:52:00</pubDate><description>Mariann Fischer Boel, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development Policy Dialogue at 'European Policy Centre', 15 October 2009 Let me begin by thanking the European </description><source>University of Reading</source></item><item><title>GM FOOD - Genetically modified organisms: Council fails to reach decision</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95958257&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T19:53:00</pubDate><description>The following is an extract from the minutes of the Council meeting Agriculture and Fisheries Luxembourg, 19-20 October 2009. The Council noted the absence of the qualified majority necessary to reach </description><source>University of Reading</source></item><item><title>Inghams warned over GM claims</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=95845951&amp;Channel_ID=11&amp;Category_ID=264</link><pubDate>2009-11-17T23:39:00</pubDate><description>The Commerce Commission has warned poultry producer Inghams Enterprises over its claims its chickens contained no genetically modified (GM) ingredients. The commission has completed investigating allegations </description><source>New Zealand Herald</source></item></channel></rss>