Eighteen US States Introduce Bills for GMO Labelling
A recent article in Time magazine, entitled ‘Meet the new lab-made foods’, discusses new GMOs that may soon be available on American shelves and asks: ‘will people want to eat them?’ Pink pineapples, non-bruising potatoes and non-browning apples are among the GMOs to be introduced, and while most research indicates that GMOs are probably safe...
Sustainability Council case provides clarity to NZ GM regulations
The High Court has found in favour of the Sustainability Council in their case against the EPA. The Sustainability Council took the EPA to court regarding their decision that certain breeding techniques do not come within the scope of New Zealand’s GM legislation. The Court found that the EPA misinterpreted the law and was criticised for...
Rootworm develops resistance to GM corn originally engineered to kill them
A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has documented the rapid resistance in western corn rootworm to an anti pest toxin produced by genetically modified corn in the US. BT corn, first planted in 2020, was genetically modified to produce a toxin poisonous to the worms, who were devastating US...
An Overview of Genetic Modification in New Zealand 2020-2020: The first forty years
Today the McGuinness Institute is pleased to announce the publication of An Overview of Genetic Modification in New Zealand 2020–2020: The first forty years, a report which forms part of the Institute’s flagship project, Project 2058. Forty years since the invention of genetic modification, the Institute felt it was important to reassess New Zealand’s approach...
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