SFO Gate: GMO foods subject of bill in U.S. Senate

[proverbialwisdom]

7. You're welcome. The pushback is global, although underreported in US media.

I haven't read these links myself yet.

http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14778:china-wants-non-gm-soy-and-brazil-will-supply-it


China wants non-GM soy and Brazil will supply it

Sunday, 21 April 2013 21:19

NOTE: An interesting report has just been published by Glauber Silveira, the president of Aprosoja, the Brazilian soy producers association, regarding his and Brazilian Senator Blairo Maggi's recent visit to China to meet with the Chinese government. The topic of discussion was China's large and ever-increasing need for soy imports.

Silveira reports that the Chinese government expressed a preference for non-GM soybeans to supply a significant proportion of the population, "even if they have to pay more."

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China is by far the biggest buyer of soy from Brazil, so China's view of GMOs will dictate what proportion of GM to non-GM soy Brazil plants. It seems China is not keen on GM, perhaps because of strong public pressure and partly due to the fact that China has investigative journalists who look into the issue and uncover alarming facts.

http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14715
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14716

It's also worth noting that China has not approved Monsanto's Intacta RR2 soy for import -- though Europe has. Brazilian producers have been warned not to plant RR2 until China approves it.
http://www.agriculture.com/news/business/brazil-soy-group-warns-farmers-against_5-ar26172?print

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