Genetically modified (GM) food is flooding into the UK through the back door with many consumers unaware that much of the meat and dairy products they eat may have been made from farm animals fed a ...

Two types of GM crop are currently authorised for cultivation in the EU: an insect-resistant maize and a potato with modified starch content for industrial use. Neither of these is relevant or ...

The Food Standards Agency wants to usher in a new regulatory regime for ‘genetically modified precision-bred organisms’ (PBOs). That’s PR spin for ‘synthetic biology’ (synbio), itself a marketing term ...

A 2022 review in the Journal of Food Quality and Health noted that while no health hazards from GMOs have been proven in ...

Genetically-modified food is safe to eat - that's the verdict of a high-powered group of scientists. After studying hundreds of pieces of research over the last two decades, their report has dismissed ...

Last month activists took part in co-ordinated protests against GM across the globe On Saturday 23 May 2015, thousands of activists gathered across the world to demonstrate against ...

US regulators have given the go-ahead to genetically modified salmon, making it the first GM animal destined for human consumption. The Food and Drug Administration said it had given approval on the ...

It is increasingly difficult to avoid produce from livestock fed GM crops and it is in most meat sold in restaurants and supermarkets, the National Farmers' Union conference heard yesterday. A ...

They are due to consider an application to market a modified maize, known as Bt11, on Monday (26 April). One obstacle to a positive decision was removed last Sunday (18 April), when EU rules on ...

Discover how genetically modified tomatoes could last up to 45 days, helping reduce food spoilage in developing nations. The tomatoes in which the alpha-Man enzyme was suppressed were 2.5 times firmer ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont has raised the stakes in the debate over genetically modified foods by becoming the first state to pass a bill requiring that they be labeled as such in the grocery ...