The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India on 18th November 2022, notified the Food Safety and Standards (Genetically Modified Foods) (Draft) Regulations, 2022. This regulation shall apply to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) intended for food use, Food ingredients produced from GMOs that contain modified DNA and Food ingredients produced …
This article interrogates the claims of intellectual property to be a right. Drawing on the political theory of rights, it argues that information, ideas and knowledge fail to meet the basic test of rights and intellectual property right prevents those who do not own it from accessing and exercising their …
Regulations needed for dealing with such developments Even as controversy rages over the transgenic Bt-brinjal, Indian scientists have developed a genetically modified (GM) fish, which could be the first genetically engineered animal to get into the human food chain. The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology is reported to …
This document provides an overview of the main kinds of agricultural biotechnologies that have been used in the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries in the past and that were covered in a e-mail conference which runned from 8 June to 5 July 2009. It was …
This latest report by ISAAA documents how various stakeholders from 14 countries in Africa and Asia have benefited from science communication efforts and how in turn, they are now part of the process of realizing a collective voice on crop biotechnology. Communicating Crop Biotechnology: Stories from Stakeholders documents how various …
patent Human genes create stir in US About 100,000 cancer patients, doctors, researchers and lawyers sued the US government for granting patents for two human genes. They said the patents deny women with breast and ovarian cancer the benefit of new tests and possible treatment. A company or an institution …
Across the world, attempts at regulating the processes and products of recombinant DNA technologies, including genetically modified organisms (GMOs) had their origins in the famous Asilomar Conference in 1975. In this conference, scientists who had been involved in developing these revolutionary technologies gathered to discuss the potential dangers of creating …
April 30: Counsel for civil society organisation Gene Campaign, Mr Sanjay Parikh, on Thursday submitted to the Supreme Court that an expert committee be set up to examine the legal framework governing the research and use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country with a specific terms of reference. …
The innocuous-looking Brinjal is now causing great outrage as its genetically modified variant waiting for clearance, says Kavitha Srinivasa What if a consumer doesn
Meena Menon Mumbai While the Congress is silent in its manifesto on genetically modified crops, other parties have dealt with it in their own ways. The BJP manifesto declares:
India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know?
Suman Sahai CHINA IS always held up as an example by people in government in the matter of genetically modified (GM) crop adoption. Those who question the implementation of genetically engineered crops in India are told to look at how China is racing ahead in transgenic technology, how it is …
Savvy Soumya Misra And Kirtiman Awasthi India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know? On January 14, a meeting happened in room 23 …
Jeffrey M Smith has written about 65 scientists who have conducted tests on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in his book Genetic Roulette. He talks about the impact and hazards of Bt gene. He spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra at the launch of his book in Delhi recently Safety: Lab tests …
This study investigates the observed discrepancy between real and perceived commercial risks associated with the use of genetically modified (GM) products in developing countries. It focus particularly on the effects of GM-free private standards set up by food companies in Europe and other countries on biotechnology and biosafety policy decisions …
The idea for the Golden Rice project arose during an international conference in the Philippines in 1984. (Enserink 2008.) In 1999, an initial success was presented to the public. A team which included Ingo Potrykus from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich had succeeded in inducing genetically modified …
