Worldwide release of the biosafety assessment tool: BAT » 28.04.2009 The Norwegian GenØk - Centre for Biosafety, Third World Network (TWN) and the New Zealand INBI - Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety announce the release of the Biosafety Assessment Tool, or BAT, developed as part of a large programme in capacity building for the assessment of the risks of...
Germany bans GM maize » 15.04.2009 - Germany is to ban the cultivation and sale of maize with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), following several other EU...
Germany bans Monsanto's GM maize » 14.04.2009 Germany is to ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize - the only GM crop widely grown in Europe. The decision, announced on Tuesday by German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner, is a blow to the US biotech firm Monsanto, which markets the...