Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson An investigation by Welsh trading standards officers into the claims of a farmer to have contravened Welsh GMO-Free status has concluded there was no evidence that he grew GMO maize.
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The Unhealthy Truth: How our Food is Making us Sick and What We Can Do About It
Book Author: Robyn O’Brien (with Rachel Kranz) Reviewed by Jonathan Latham (The Bioscience Resource Project) Allergies and food intolerances are serious medical conditions. They are the cause of many deaths and hospitalizations annually and they …
Continue readingRoyal Society Science and Agriculture Study Criticised
There are significant concerns about the long term security and sufficiency of global food-crop production due to the potential impact of many factors including climate change, population growth, changing consumption patterns and competing demands for …
Continue readingUSDA Top Officials Versus USDA Data
Daryll E. Ray, the Blasingame Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Policy, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee. He is the Director of UT’s Agricultural Policy Analysis Center (APAC). The recent Rome food summit was dominated …
Continue readingUS: Private Food Safety Labs Hide Negative Tests
Some private U.S. laboratories are under investigation by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for withholding samples of tainted food and allowing importers to continue to bring their contaminated products into the U.S., the …
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