| Biotech News in Review: 12.3.08 |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Wednesday, 03 December 2008 | |
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For years, companies like Frito-Lay have only used non-genetically engineered white corn in its chips, taco shells, and tortillas. But this year farmers grew a small amount of GE white corn after word spread that processors would accept it. The Kansas Department of Agriculture held its final hearing yesterday on a state plan that would put restrictions on "rBGH-free" labels. More than 90 groups submitted a letter to Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius in opposition to the new rule, which is set to take effect in January 2010. In the face of field trials being sabotaged, Britain's government is planning to grow transgenic crops in "top secret military locations," reports the Evening Standard. Government officials may also toss out a rule that requires scientists to disclose locations of transgenic crop trials on a government website. Transgenic soybeans with added nutritional value are still years away from the marketplace. Monsanto is developing a soybean engineered to produce omega 3 acids, which are currently mostly consumed through oily fish. And here's something even more fascinating: Monsanto's vice president for consumer traits says, "We'll want to label it...Consumers will have a choice." After a decade of fighting labeling initiatives, this quote by a biotech spokesman is shocking. Tasmania extended its ban on growing genetically engineered crops for another five years. Read a quick overview of the island's GMO policy on page two. USDA is poised to give a green light to transgenic insects engineered to prey on invasive species in agricultural fields. There are risks to unleashing a lab-created insect, of course, and one ironic victim might be synthetic pesticides. Monsanto has completed its acquisition of the world's largest sugarcane breeding firm, based in Brazil. A new Australian government report endorses transgenic canola and cotton. Aussie farmers' experiences with Roundup Ready canola and the strict contracts required to grow them have been mixed. An unapproved transgenic cotton variety may have entered the food and feed supply, reports the FDA. The Bioscience Resource Project asks, do Monsanto's new Roundup Ready 2 Soybeans yield as much as conventional soybeans? And the media asks: Will Obama prove to be a friend of the biotech industry? There's reason to believe the answer is "yes."
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