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31 December 2005 - Ventria cancels move to Northwest Missouri (AP)
17 December 2005 - Crop testing (New Scientist)
16 December 2005 - GM Contamination Accelerating (ISIS)
15 December 2005 - South Korea cell scientist faked results (Reuters)
15 December 2005 - Safety of artificial sweetener called into question by MP (Guardian, UK)
14 December 2005 - Mandelson rounds on 'fake' US food aid (Independent, UK)
14 December 2005 - Vandana Shiva takes fight against Monsanto to Hong Kong (WebIndia)
14 December 2005 - Poor farmers are hungry to have their say on agriculture (Guardian, UK)
14 December 2005 - Global Food Trade & the New Slave Labour (ISIS)
13 December 2005 - Some Strings Attached: Cotton, Farm subsidies tie up global trade talks (CW)
13 December 2005 - Third GM food suit filed in Shanghai (Xi)
12 December 2005 - Biopiracy and GMOs: The Fate of Iraq's Agriculture (GlobalResearch.ca)
9 December 2005 - Influence of Planting Papaya Ringspot Virus Resistant Transgenic Papaya on Soil Microbial Biodiversity (J. Agric. Food Chem.)
8 December 2005 - GM animal tests continue to rise (BBC News)
30 November 2005 - Critics decry GM rule in Iraq (The Scientist)
25 November 2005 - New evidence of harm from GM food triggers call for immediate ban (GM Free Cymru)
21 November 2005 - GM Pea Causes Allergic Damage in Mice (New Scientist)
18 October 2005 - World Food Day - genetically engineered rice (Znet)
17 October 2005 - Call for GM contamination tribunal (ABC News, Australia)
17 October 2005 - Cambodia targets organic market (BBC News)
14 October 2005 - Scepticism over Chinese GM rice claims (SciDev.Net)
14 October 2005 - Contract harvesters unhappy GM protocols not established (ABC News, Australia)
14 October 2005 - G8 summit police lied, says report (BBC News)
14 October 2005 - UN World Food Day - Asians Call for Ban on GE Rice (Greenpeace)
13 October 2005 - Judge Delays Decision on Sainsbury's GM-Fed Milk Trial (GEN)
12 October 2005 - EU will not accept tolerance levels (NGMF)
12 October 2005 - African Food for Africa's Starving Is Roadblocked in Congress (NY Times)
12 October 2005 - UN Cautions Over GM trees (ISIS)
11 October 2005 - Peruvian Farmers Move to End Terminator Seeds (IPS)
10 October 2005 - Genetically Engineered Organisms Out of Control in Romania (Greenpeace)
10 October 2005 - Canola industry urged to clarify GM issue (ABC News, Australia)
9 October 2005 - Warning over genetically-modified animal feed (Ireland on Line)
9 October 2005 - GM crop ruins fields for 15 years (Independent, UK)
9 October 2005 - Call for MAF to improve biosecurity protocols (GE Free NZ)
7 October 2005 - New EPA Research Head Comes With Tight Corporate Ties (NSN)
6 October 2005 - First Australian farmer falls prey to GE contamination (Greenpeace)
6 October 2005 - Less is More for Nepali Rice (ISIS)
6 October 2005 - Five Face Trial over Sainsbury’s GM-Fed Milk (GEN)
5 October 2005 - Viva New Mexico! Aspartame Finally Imperiled! (BM)
4 October 2005 - GM crops for Africa? No Thanks! (ISIS)
3 October 2005 - Letter sent to Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner (GM Free Cymru)
28 September 2005 - Independent enquiry demanded on Bt cotton (Gene Campaign)
24 September 2005 - Tennessee Researchers Confirm Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweed (BJ)
16 September 2005 - GM protesters cleared of charges (BBC News)
16 September 2005 - Greenpeace 13 acquitted in GM trial - Campaigners reveal illegal varieties of GM are being imported into UK (Greenpeace)
15 September 2005 - Canola destroyed over contamination (Herald Sun, Australia)
13 September 2005 - GM ship carrying illegal feed (BBC News)
13 September 2005 - Activist defends GM cargo ship protest (IC Wales)
12 September 2005 - Researchers say University of Manitoba blocked video on GM crops (CP Wire)
11 September 2005 - China cultivates record high-yield [non-GM] super rice (Xinhuanet)
11 September 2005 - Crop spraying is health risk, say scientists (Times, UK)
11 September 2005 - Chief Minister urged to rethink on GM crops (The Statesman, India)
9 September 2005 - Appeal to EC and world for caution over GMO contamination (CI)
8 September 2005 - Ukraine Agriculture Ministry Seeks to Ban GMO Soy Imports (Reuters)
8 September 2005 - "No Approval for New GE Cows" says ERMA (GE Free NZ)
7 September 2005 - Ecology is key to effective aid, UN told (Nature)
6 September 2005 - Press release from the volunteer reapers (FV, French)
6 September 2005 - Call for GM crop ban as Europe over-rules its ministers (Western Mail, UK)
6 September 2005 - More genetically-modified papaya contamination found (AFX)
6 September 2005 - Remove your unwanted genes Bayer Cropscience (NCF)
6 September 2005 - Government pressured to identify GM-tainted canola (ABC News, Australia)
5 September 2005 - Scientists guilty of 'hyping' benefits of gene research (Independent, UK)
4 September 2005 - Poverty and Hunger in New Orleans and Africa (Robert Vint)
2 September 2005 - What Iraq's order 81 really means for farmers (Private Eye, UK)
1 September 2005 - Kenya halts first field trials of GM maize (SciDev.net)
31 August 2005 - Debate heats up over Sonoma county GMO initiative (Argus-Courier)
9 August 2005 - Australian crops face 'serious genetic contamination' (NZ Herald)
8 August 2005 - GM maize could be secretly grown in Britain (FoE)
8 August 2005 - EU authorises GMO maize type by legal rubberstamp (Reuters)
7 August 2005 - GM contamination found in Western Australia - farmers insist on recall (NCF)
27 July 2005 - GE maize found in sample grown in NZ (NZPA)
26 July 2005 - Bayer withdraws GMO oilseed rape (FoE)
26 July 2005 - Weed discovery brings calls for GM ban (Guardian, UK)
25 July 2005 - GM crops created super weed, say scientists (Guardian, UK)
25 July 2005 - The Side Effects of Drugged Crops (Business Week)
25 July 2005 - Asian flour mills unlikely to take GM (ABC, Australia)
18 July 2005 - GM canola creates foreign customer concerns (ABC News, Australia)
15 July 2005 - GM Free Brazil Bulletin #21 (GMFB)
14 July 2005 - Farmers slam Bayer Cropscience for contamination (NCF)
13 July 2005 - Organic farming produces same corn and soybean yields as conventional farms, but consumes less energy and no pesticides, study finds (CU)
12 July 2005 - Farmers not ready for 'Bt' corn (Manilla Times)
24 June 2005 - EU Governments Maintain GM Crop Bans (PA News)
24 June 2005 - GM crop bans survive Euro votes (BBC News)
24 June 2005 - EU ministers uphold sovereign right to ban GMOs (Reuters)
21 June 2005 - 'Useless GM file' attack (Western Mail, UK)
21 June 2005 - Port of Paranagua stops GM exports despite court ruling (just-food.com)
21 June 2005 - Fake Blood on the Maize (freezerbox.com)
20 June 2005 - Food agency accused of censoring GM documents (Farmers Weekly, UK)
20 June 2005 - Three EU states seen keeping ban on GMO maize type (Reuters)
19 June 2005 - Food agency accused of Stalinist tactics over GM maize cover-up (Independent, UK)
6 June 2005 - US lobby says world not ready for GM wheat (Reuters)
29 May 2005 - Genetically engineered crops contaminate fields and food around the world (Greenpeace)
25 May 2005 - Indian Farmers Win Battle Against GM Cotton (IPS, India)
23 May 2005 - EU demands Monsanto's test results on controversial corn (AFP)
22 May 2005 - Revealed: health fears over secret study into GM food (Independent, UK)
20 May 2005 - GM sweetcorn from Monsanto rejected by EU states, again (FoodNavigator)
20 May 2005 - China Says Ratifies GMO Transparency Treaty (Reuters)
17 May 2005 - Europe's regions demand 'power-sharing' over GMO crop decisions (FoE)
16 May 2005 - Thailand in Bt crop battle (AFP)
10 May 2005 - Greenpeace strongly denies that it supports genetic engineering (Greenpeace)
9 May 2005 - Demand for Organic Foods Soaring (AP)
6 May 2005 - Monsanto Dealt Defeat in Attempt to Invade Brazilian Schools (GM-Free Brazil)
5 May 2005 - Competition grows in the biopharming market (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
30 April 2005 - Biotech rice company moves again (Sacramento Bee)
28 April 2005 - EU ministers reject GM ingredient, again (Food Navigator)
28 April 2005 - Biotech firm puts off rice crop here [St Louis, Missouri] (St Louis Post Dispatch)
27 April 2005 - US Corn Grower Official Cites Japan Biotech Qualms (Reuters)
27 April 2005 - Farmers' anger over GM's 'undue influence' (The Scotsman)
26 April 2005 - Patents on Rice: the Genetic Engineering Hypocrisy (Greenpeace)
26 April 2005 - Suzuki warns against hastily accepting GMOs (Leader-Post, Canada)
25 April 2005 - EU lab OKs testing method for biotech corn (AP)
25 April 2005 - GM fear as human liver gene is put into rice (Daily Telegraph, UK)
18 April 2005 - Stalking Genetically Modified Corn (Spiegel Online)
18 April 2005 - America's "Unbelievable Sloppiness!" caused GM corn blockade (Spiegel Online)
17 April 2005 - US sent banned corn to Europe for four years (Independent, UK)
16 April 2005 - E.U. Votes Ban on U.S. Corn Gluten (Washington Post)
16 April 2005 - Plans Scrapped For Growing Genetically Modified Rice In Bootheel (Missourinet)
16 April 2005 - China's Problem With 'Anti-Pest' Rice (New York Times)
15 April 2005 - EU nations agree to ban suspect U.S. corn gluten imports (AP)
15 April 2005 - EU Clashes with U.S. Over GMO Maize Feed Imports (Reuters)
15 April 2005 - Member states urged to block illegal US maize imports (FoE)
13 April 2005 - EU set to ban US maize feed after GM scare (EU Politix)
13 April 2005 - EU moves to restrict US maize imports (FoE)
12 April 2005 - Anheuser-Busch to boycott state's rice if genetic alterations allowed (Kansas City Star)
11 April 2005 - EU considers suspending U.S. corn gluten imports in biotech dispute (AP)
8 April 2005 - EU mulls U.S. trade ban in illegal GMO import row (Reuters)
8 April 2005 - Syngenta fined for introducing unauthorised GM corn into US (AFP)
5 April 2005 - Vermont Senate passes Farmer Protection Act
3 April 2005 - Food watchdog is 'biased against organic food', says its own review (Independent, UK)
1 April 2005 - Joint US-UK cover-up alleged over GM maize (Guardian, UK)
31 March 2005 - US officials fret over South Korea's response to GM corn mix-up (Dow Jones)
31 March 2005 - Genetic ID responds to industry need to Bt10 detection (Genetic ID)
30 March 2005 - Warning signs point to risks of GM foods (The Scotsman)
29 March 2005 - Riceland Stands Against Genetically Modified Rice in Southeast Missouri (AP)
25 March 2005 - Environmental Group Calls on Government to Immediately Release Information on Unapproved Genetically Engineered Corn (FoE)
24 March 2005 - Japan tests for modified corn from U.S. (Reuters)
24 March 2005 - Syngenta sold wrong GE maize -- for four years (Greenpeace)
23 March 2005 - Has illegal GM maize been sold in the UK? (FoE)
22 March 2005 - Poland asks EU to ban genetically modified corn cultivation for two years (EU Business)
22 March 2005 - US launches probe into sales of unapproved transgenic corn (Nature)
22 March 2005 - The end for GM crops: Final British trial confirms threat to wildlife (Independent, UK)
21 March 2005 - GM study shows potential harm (BBC News)
21 March 2005 - Food security through an Organic Revolution - London, UK
19 March 2005 - Biotech firm rejects GM crop (FoE)
17 March 2005 - Pharmaceutical Rice in Missouri Threatens Food Supply (NN)
17 March 2005 - Golden Rice is a technical failure standing in way of real solutions for vitamin A deficiency (Greenpeace)
17 March 2005 - Argentina slams Monsanto for "attitude" on GMO royalties (Dow Jones)
16 March 2005 - Monsanto: Biotech wheat revival unlikely (Reuters)
16 March 2005 - Nigerian consumer body rejects GMOs (Angola Press)
15 March 2005 - World Consumer Rights Day 2005 - Focus on GMOs
12 March 2005 - African consumers say NO to GMOs
10 March 2005 - UK Firms Drop GMO Study, Seek to Boost Regular Seed (Reuters)
10 March 2005 - European Patent Office revokes neem patent rights (Financial Express, India)
9 March 2005 - Can GMOs End World Hunger? - Farmers, scientists and policy analyst from the developing world say no! (CNW)
8 March 2005 - Greenpeace strikes out against GM milk (Western Mail, UK)
8 March 2005 - Iraqi Government Urged to Revoke "Cynical and Wicked" Patent Law (ISIS)
8 March 2005 - White Earth members seek ban on genetically modified wild rice (NM)
4 March 2005 - Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange sue US chemical companies (Independent, UK)
3 March 2005 - Greenpeace exposes Government-Monsanto nexus to cheat Indian farmers (Greenpeace)
1 March 2005 - Guarding organics from GM (Western Mail, UK)
28 February 2005 - Genetically altered corn, banned for health reasons, pops up in U.S. aid shipments to Guatemala (Village Voice)
28 February 2005 - Tillamook dairy farmers support hormone ban (Portland Business Journal)
22 February 2005 - A bitter harvest (Guardian, UK)
15 February 2005 - European Commission exposes Member States to risks of genetically engineered crops (Greenpeace)
14 February 2005 - GM food law stymied in Mexico by environmentalists (EC)
8 February 2005 - Canada backs terminator seeds (Guardian, UK)
7 February 2005 - Canadian Government to Unleash Terminator Bombshell at UN Meeting (ETC Group)
4 February 2005 - Wales leads Europe in protecting crops from GM threat (edie)
25 January 2005 - Consumers Deceived as US GE Corn Arrives on Supermarket Shelves (GE Free NZ)
25 January 2005 - Dow Agrosciences field trials of GM maize blocked (ACB)
24 January 2005 - European conference calls for regional governance
21 January 2005 - GMO Law in Italy passes in Lower House (CB)
20 January 2005 - Investors Challenge Monsanto Over Risks of Genetically Engineered Products (AScribe Newswire)
18 January 2005 - U.S. Officials Accuse DuPont of Concealing Teflon Ingredient's Health Risk (Chicago Tribune)
13 January 2005 - German GM project stalled (The Scientist)
13 January 2005 - Monsanto Assault on U.S. Farmers Detailed in New Report (CFS)
7 January 2005 - Monsanto fined $1.5m for bribery (BBC News)
6 January 2005 - Monsanto fined $1.5m over Indonesia bribes (FT)
4 January 2005 - Stop the US Food and Drug Administration from legalising contamination of the food supply (FoE)

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Greenpeace members dump 4 tonnes of GM Soya outside 10 Downing Street

Sceptical? Here's proof from Hansard (20 July 1998), that British politicians are testing GM food on the public, but won't eat it themselves.

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