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ENVIRONMENT Secretary Hilary Benn yesterday said it was a "source of real frustration" that anti-GM campaigners were preventing trials on the safety of growing genetically engineered crops.

The use of genetically engineered corn and soybeans in the United States for more than a decade has had little impact on crop yields despite claims that they could ease looming food shortages, a study has concluded.

Food and Drug Administration will not require labeling of meat or seafood from genetically engineered animals, despite the fact that consumers favor such labeling.

Miner The Massachusetts Chapter of the Northeast Organic Farmers Association, area farmers and consumers have called upon legislators to sidetrack a federal animal tracking program, and halt the growing of genetically engineered crops pending further study of potential ecological and health problems.

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EC to debate new labeling requirements for food from animals raised on biotech feed: The Bureau of National Affairs reports that the European Commission last week said it will consider legislative proposals for imposing mandatory labeling requirements for meat, milk, and egg products that come from animals fed with genetically engineered crops after Greenpeace presented a petition signed by a million EU citizens that supported such disclosures.

Also at Bayer, USDA formally approves a strain of genetically engineered rice whose discovery in commercial stocks earlier this year triggered a food market dispute with the European Union and Japan.

Hunter Beware" sounds ominous, but in order to get the mice to exhibit symptoms after getting muscle tissue from infected deer, it was necessary to use genetically engineered mice carrying deer protein.