back Thursday 8 November 2007 10:37 Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs(National) Defra publishes summary of responses to GM coexistence consultation Defra has today published a summary of the responses it received to its 2006 consultation paper on proposals for managing the coexistence of GM and non-GM crops in England. back Thursday 8 November 2007 10:37 Department for Environment, Food And Rural Affairs(National) Defra publishes summary of responses to GM coexistence...

PrintSendFeeds Bruce Tabashnik from the University of Arizona explains how science is using the Bt toxins Watch the full-size video Tools Advertisement New "designer" pesticides and genetically modified crops that can kill even the hardiest pests are on the way, according to researchers in Mexico and the US. PrintSendFeeds Bruce Tabashnik from the University of Arizona explains how science is using the Bt toxins Watch the full-size video Tools Advertisement New "designer" pesticides and...

usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleFacebookWhat's this? Print Email Garden chores shift with the season BY ROBERT SCHULER, CORRESPONDENT Article Launched:11/02/2007 09:02:47 PM PDT November brings delightful color changes and begins a period of anticipation for working outdoors in the cooler weather. usDiggRedditYahooMyWebGoogleFacebookWhat's this? Print Email Garden chores shift with the season BY ROBERT SCHULER, CORRESPONDENT Article Launched:11/02/2007 09:02:47 PM PDT November brings...

But the agricultural university in Hyderabad preferred to do the trial, asking what the rationale was in doing a trial after the pest season, she adds. Kavitha notes how the regulators like genetic engineering approval committee (GEAC) do a bad job of functioning with around 92 applications processed in an hour. I was looking through some of the products on the shelves of the retail outlets. Jayalakshmi K talks to two experts who present the two sides of genetically modified crops. When...

The Ministry of Health advises persons in possession of these products, with the above brand names and product codes, to refrain from using them and to return them to the point of sale. The following brands and all varieties of frozen pot pie products, including chicken, turkey and beef, are subject to this recall: Persons who are immuno-compromised or on chemotherapy, as well as children are particularly susceptible to foodborne illnesses. These frozen pot pies may be linked to an...

Bassettbaby, the cribs' importer,has 85 reports of bolts loosening, including one report of a 13 month-old child's hand becoming entrapped between the railings. No one has been reported ill from the contamination, but the company has decided to expand the recall to three additional products mentioned above as a precaution. The recalled soups were shipped to 24 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri,...

He predicts the stock, which has risen by a third this year on its way to a fifth-straight annual increase, will gain 21 percent more. The European Commission, the 27-nation EU's regulatory arm, aims to allow cultivation of the potato in the bloc before year's end after national governments were split. BASF's super tuber will join about 15 gene-altered products the EU has authorized since 2004 when the trading bloc ended a six-year moratorium after introducing tight labeling rules and...

Critics of the nation's food safety system say that it is too fragmented and marked by overlapping authority, and they say that may help explain why dangerous foods keep slipping through and why contamination scares are handled in sometimes inconsistent ways. Critics of the nation's food safety system say that it is too fragmented and marked by overlapping authority, and they say that may help explain why dangerous foods keep slipping through and why contamination scares are handled in...

But should you bypass them to get the most nutritional bang for your produce buck? The answer, surprisingly, is sometimes yes. Also, the time that most fresh produce in supermarkets spends in shipping and then on store shelves depletes their nutrients. Some canned and frozen varieties of fruits and vegetables actually pack a bigger wallop of nutrients than their fresh counterparts. Studies showed 50 percent more of the phytochemical per serving compared to canned and three times as much as...