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Two Big Korean Retailers Halt U.S. Beef Sales
Publication — The Wall Street Journal Author — By Evan Ramstad Date — April 25, 2012 Website — http://online.wsj.com SEOUL – Two major South Korean retailers pulled American beef from their grocery shelves on Wednesday, reacting swiftly to news that mad-cow disease was discovered in a U.S. cow and hoping to avoid customer protests. The [...]
U.S. challenges India poultry ban at WTO
Reuters March 7, 2012 By Doug Palmer (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday began action at the World Trade Organization to open India’s market for poultry meat and eggs, saying an Indian ban on U.S. imports intended to stop the spread of bird flu was not based on sound science. “The United States is [...]
McCOWN: Natural gas export ban would be costly
The Washington Times February 28, 2012 By Brigham McCown As America’s shale boom increases the domestic supply of natural gas, U.S. companies such asDominion and Cheniere Energy prudently have used avenues to export natural gas to countries in Europe and Asia where higher demand translates into higher prices. Despite the private sector’s willingness to invest billions of dollars [...]
French Administrative Court Cancels Ban On Genetically Modified Corn
NASDAQ.com By Inti Landauro and Nadya Masidlover, Dow Jones Newswires November 28, 2011 www.nasdaq.com Original Source –Case was brought by Monsanto and others opposing French agriculture ministry’s 2008 ban on Monsanto’s MON 810 corn variety –French court says agriculture ministry wasn’t able to prove the existence of a particularly high level of risk to health [...]
Business calls for end to ban on GM crops
Adelaide Advertiser (Australia) October 19, 2011 Miles Kemp Original Source BUSINESS SA has called for the state ban on genetically modified crops to be lifted for the sake of the food industry and consumers. SA is the only mainland state to have a legal ban on GM commercial crop production and crop trials. Business SA [...]
Tanzania lifts ban on food exports
East African Business Week October 17, 2011 DANIEL SEMBERYA Original Source DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA- At last the Government of Tanzania has lifted the ban on food exports to neighboring countries of East Africa facing severe food shortage because it has a surplus of food in the country. Speaking in Dar es salaam last week [...]
Business calls for end to ban on GM crops
Adelaide Now (Australia) By Miles Kemp October 19, 2011 www.adelaidenow.com.au Original Source BUSINESS SA has called for the state ban on genetically modified crops to be lifted for the sake of the food industry and consumers. SA [South Australia] is the only mainland state to have a legal ban on GM commercial crop production and [...]
GM sugar beets can be planted
The USDA came out with a decision to allow partial deregulation of genetically modified sugar beets, allowing farmers to plant in 2011. Here are a few articles on the decision: Los Angeles Times – U.S. OKs planting of Monsanto’s modified sugar beets despite court ban - http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-sugar-beet-20110204,0,679352.story Wall Street Journal — Modified Beet Gets New [...]
Currency of Currencies
When the Communists came to power during the Russian Revolution, one of their first actions was to seize the wheat. They wanted to control food prices–and they understood, in the words of Lenin, that wheat was the “currency of currencies.” In the wake of Russia’s recent decision to ban wheat exports through the end of [...]
High Court reverses ruling on GE alfalfa in landslide vote
The US Supreme Court by a 7:1 vote on June 21 ruled that “the District Court abused its discretion” and reversed the four-year ban on biotech alfalfa stemming from the case Monsanto v. Geerston Farms. There’s no question that the decision is a positive development for biotechnology, despite efforts by anti-GE groups such as The [...]
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