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April 1999

Monsanto Responds To Allegations Regarding the Use of Antibiotic Resistance Markers
25/4/99, Monsanto Company
In answer to questions raised by Sunday Times reporter Paul Nuki, Monsanto's director of corporate affairs in London, Tony Combes, replied for publication in the article as follows...

Monsanto Responds To Independent Television News Request On BST
22/4/99, Monsanto Company
I am writing in response to your request for Monsanto comments regarding the March 1999 report on bovine somatotropin (BST) issued by the European Commission Directorate General XXIV on public health aspects of the use of BST and the January 1999 decision by Health Canada on the same subject.

Unpalatable Truths
17/4/99, New Scientist
Demanding proof that genetically modified foods are safe is all very well, but without a rational system for testing conventional foods, we may never get it.

Authority Calls For Informed Debate On GM Foods
14/4/99, The Irish Times
Consumers are confused and concerned about genetically modified organisms, particularly as they apply to foods, because of "lack of clear, neutral information on the issue", according to Dr. Patrick Wall of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

Tesco Rejects Calls To Ban GM Foods
14/4/99, The Express
Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, yesterday insisted it had no plans to ban genetically modified food despite mounting pressure from consumers.

Genetically Altered Mushroom Solves Laundry Problem
13/4/99, Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Scientists may have solved the problem of rogue red socks turning white washing pink - with a genetically altered mushroom.

Snail's Pace In Europe
12/4/99, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Genetically modified crops appear to have hit another snag in finding acceptance in Europe. European Union officials now say an agreement on revising the current approval system for genetically modified organisms is unlikely before the summer of 2000.

Forestry Biotechnology Joint Venture Announced
7/4/99, AAP Information Services
Fletcher Challenge Forests, International Paper, Monsanto Company and Westvaco Corporation announced today their intent to form a forestry biotechnology joint venture to produce and market tree seedlings that will improve forest health and productivity for the forestry market worldwide.

Economic Growth Sustained By Sunlight And Information
6/4/99, Monsanto Company
I very much appreciate the invitation to come and speak with you this evening, and to talk with you about one of my favourite subjects Ð the relationship between industry and the environment. I think it is a particularly timely conversation.

GMO Breeding 'Is Safer Than Conventional'
2/4/99, Farming News
Plant breeding techniques using genetic modification offer huge potential environmental benefits and in some respects are safer than conventional methods, according to speakers at the Crop Protection in Northern Britain Conference in Dundee.