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...

Of course we must continue to monitor for adverse effects, but that does not mean we should bury our heads in the sand, ignoring the enormous potential of GM products. Besides crossing species, the scientists cross kingdoms, inserting viral and bacterial dna into plants and animals. One can easily imagine prehistoric "activists" bemoaning the dangers of a new, untested technology like fire or the wheel. Things "mutate" naturally over time anyway, right? Whats the harm in helpin the process...

Chance backs Goodman Fielder's call to keep GM ban Friday, 9 November 2007 Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed calls from Australia's largest food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, to maintain the moratoria on the growing of genetically modified crops. Chance backs Goodman Fielder's call to keep GM ban Friday, 9 November 2007 Western Australian Agriculture Minister Kim Chance has welcomed calls from Australia's largest food manufacturer, Goodman Fielder, to...

Frozen pot pies suspected in salmonella outbreak - CNN.com /health Home. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service on Tuesday advised consumers not to eat the pot pies "until we are able to determine the source, products and potential production dates of contamination and to verify proper cooking instructions for these not-ready-to-eat products. By Friday, it had identified the pot pies as a potential source of the salmonella that sickened more than 100 people in...