Thailand looked to impose GMO labelling within three months: http://just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=30460&app=1
Sri Lanka banned GM food: http://just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=30946&app=1
Aventis looked for buyers for its CropScience unit: http://just-food.com/news_detail.asp?art=31105&app=1
Aventis S.A. (AVE) Nears Sale Of Animal Nutrition Unit For $268 Million http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=4782204
Report Says Biotech Fails To Live Up To Forecast http://www.biospace.com/news_story.cfm?StoryID=4779704
The following reports are only accessible to members of justfood.com, but look interesting!
Leveraging Hidden Nutritional Assets:Functional Foods go Low-Tech While food processors, food ingredient and biotechnology companies invest millions of dollars in researching new health-promoting products, it is in fact everyday foodstuffs like whole-grains, soy, tomatoes and fruit juices which are leading and re-defining food and health marketing and business strategies. Michael Heasman and Julian Mellentin of the Centre for Food & Health Studies have written a book describing the business strategy, marketing and policy issues that are driving international markets for functional foods. Here they offer just-food.com readers an exclusive insight. http://just-food.com/features_detail.asp?art=425&app=1
World Food Production at Risk
Short-sighted farming methods have put the future of our food supply at risk. Natural species have been lost and soil degraded. With the world's population expected to surge over the coming two decades, our global ecosystems have never been so fragile. Aaron Priel reports.. http://just-food.com/features_detail.asp?art=426&app=1
See the UK Farming report at http://just-food.com/store/products_detail.asp?art=10137&lk=ewh6504 Over half of Farming companies at high risk of failure, according to the latest Spring, 2000 publication from Plimsoll Publishing Ltd