It reads like a "who's who" of Australia's top food experts. Over 50 of our most respected chefs have signed their names to a charter opposing GM food.

Genetically modified crops got the thumbs up from the NSW and Victorian governments last week.

The Victorian and New South Wales governments have become the first in Australia to allow farmers to grow genetically-modified (GM) food crops.

The hens have had human genes added to their DNA, which means human proteins are secreted into the whites of their eggs.

Blair: The future agriculture for this Country is more likely to be in organic niche farming.

A genetically modified form of a grass is worrying the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) enough that it is running its first full environmental impact assessment of a GM plant.

Rats fed on a diet rich in genetically modified corn developed abnormalities to internal organs and changes to their blood, raising fears that human health could be affected by eating GM food.

Consumers International has accused Australia of playing double standards at the 33rd Session of the Codex Committee on Food Labelling, which aims to set an international standard for labelling genetically modified (GM) food and food ingredients.

The crops are not genetically modified but are developed by selective breeding, the seeds can be saved and shared by even the poorest farmers.

Eight out of ten South Africans have no knowledge about biotechnology and well over half have never even heard of the term before.

With 86 percent of the country below the poverty line, the southern African nation of Zambia seems an unlikely candidate to face down the United States - and corporate giant Monsanto - over genetically modified seeds.

The Brazilian parliament has passed legislation allowing stem cell research and the planting and sale of genetically modified crops.

Environmental lobby group Biowatch South Africa scored a victory today when the Department of Agriculture was ordered to reveal details about Genetically Modified crops grown locally or brought into the country.

World Conservation Union votes not to release GM until proven safe, will South Africa modify its pro-GM stance?

West Australian political and farm leaders have received an open letter from 21 Japanese consumer organisations and many high profile individuals requesting that WA remain GMO-free.

Monsanto, the US agro-chemical company, is to pay Dollars 1.5m in penalties to the US government over a bribe paid in Indonesia in a bid to bypass controls on the screening of new genetically modified cotton crops.

Concerns have been raised about genetically modified (GM) cottonseed oil being included in food products in Australia.

It may well be dangerous - and it is about to enter our food chain.

Population effects of growth hormone transgenic coho salmon depend on food availability and genotype by environment interactions.

Only a few countries are benefiting so far - food crops of the poor need more attention.

The dogma of profit led to GM crops, it could spell global disaster.

The US biotechnology company Monsanto has abandoned its plans to introduce genetically modified wheat to the world market despite spending seven years and hundreds of millions of dollars developing the crop.

Other biotech food crops continue to edge closer to commercialization, whilst Monsanto shelves its plans for Genetically Modified Wheat.

The NSW government has ruled out a 3,000ha trial of genetically modified (GM) canola but will go ahead with three smaller research trials.

Controversial billboards portraying a naked woman with four breasts, attached to a milking machine, are going up in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, today to provoke a debate about the ethics of genetic modification.

The people of Britain have spoken out against Genetically Modified Foods, in a massive survey to test public opinion, with 9 out of every 10 people surveyed against GM.

The EU has rejected a bid by upper Austria to ban GM crops, in an attempt to protect traditional and organic farming.

The commercial growing of genetically modified crops would bring little short-term benefit to the British economy, a government report is expected to say on Friday.

The EU dismisses the USAs decision to take the GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) issue to World Trade Organisation dispute settlement as legally misguided, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful.

The EU takes its legal stance on genetically modified food, setting the example for all countries to have the right to decide whether they choose to import GM foods.

The US announced this week their intention to request WTO consultations on the EUs authorisation system for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The European Commission regrets this move as legally unwarranted, economically unfounded and politically unhelpful.

Britain to decide on the use of GM technology by the latter part of 2003. A February survey shows majority opposition by the public.

Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australias most populous state.

New evidence suggests that insects are thriving on the (Bt) pesticide that is engineered into Genetically Modified crops.

Europe, Zambia, India, China reject shipments of American produce that has been genetically modified.

The True Food Guide informs shoppers of what they are eating and prompts manufacturers to rethink what they are putting in our foods.

The policy dilemma confronting Zambia over whether or not to accept genetically-modified maize, offered as food aid by the United States, has thrown up urgent questions over the way and the extent to which the debate over the issue has been allowed in the country.

Twenty international scientists have signed an unprecedented memorandum supporting the controversial findings of suppressed research which found that rats fed on genetically modified potatoes suffered a weakened immune system and damage to vital organs.