By ML MARIGZA NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — Farmers groups have protested the field testing of genetically modified (GM) eggplants in the Philippines. Known as the Philippine Fruit and Shoot Borer (FSB)-resistant eggplants (Bt brinjal) or Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant, the Department of Agriculture has started multi-location field testing prior to commercialization.…
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In Negros, Alert Raised on Entry of ‘GE Rice,’ ‘Franken Food’
The public and local government units should be alerted on the possible entry into the local market of some genetically-engineered rice and similar other “Franken food.” BY KARL G. OMBION Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008 The public and local government units should be alerted on the possible entry into the local…