Socialist and Democrat MEPs reiterate rejection of EU Commission proposal to re-authorise glyphosate
Ready to call for an Inquiry Committee
2017
MEPs reject GM maize and cotton imports
The MEPs raised concerns over harmful herbicide residues and called for overhaul of GMO authorisation procedure
Canada’s Parliament to vote on mandatory labelling for GM foods
64 countries around the world have mandatory labelling
Clearance for GM mustard to be reviewed by parliamentary panel
A parliamentary panel headed by Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury is likely to review the clearance given for the commercial cultivation of the GM mustard
Patients: Roundup gave us cancer as EPA official helped Monsanto
Lawyer says disclosed documents "seem to show an inappropriately close relationship" between Monsanto and former EPA official Jess Rowland
Illegal GM maize found growing in Bolivia
NGO warns of eventual disappearance of 77 varieties of native corn
Public interest defender urges Indian govt not to approve GMO mustard
Advocate Prashant Bhushan points out that GM mustard is being promoted on the basis of a lie – that it will increase yield – when the government itself admits there’s no evidence that it will do so
We don’t need GM mustard, support us with better market price: Farmer groups
More than 100 organisations representing farmer unions, trade unions, civil society groups, and political parties are protesting the government's plans to commercially release GM mustard
Brazil’s Mato Grosso leads push for GM-free soy
A movement to increase production of non-GM soybeans is gaining traction in Brazil’s largest soy-producing state of Mato Grosso as farmers anticipate growing demand from Asia and Europe