Bio/Technology/Diversity Week, Volume 3, Number 13, 1994

Bio/Technology/Diversity Week Produced by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy June 22, 1994 Volume 3, Number 13 Code: NL94036 Size of Files: Text: 23K Graphics: No Associated Graphics Files CONTENTS * rBGH NEWS OF THE WEEK Representative Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation in the House yesterday that calls for the labeling of milk products derived from cows treated with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH or BST).... * MONSANTO SUED OVER HERBICIDE RESISTANCE GENE Calgene and Rhone Poulenc are suing Monsanto over the company's use of a herbicide resistance gene.... * BIOTECH HELD TO HIGHER STANDARDS? A recent article in BUSINESS WEEK wonders if the biotech industry is perhaps being ganged up on by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO).... * EUROPEAN COMMISSION REVIEWING EU BIOTECH REGULATIONS The European Commission has begun reviewing the European Union's (EU) regulatory framework for biotechnology products.... * CALGENE ASKS FOR CANADIAN APPROVAL OF FLAVR SAVR Calgene, creator of the genetically engineered Flavr Savr tomato, has asked for permission to sell its product in Canada.... * BIOTECH RENNET HAS PROVEN PROFITABLE FOR DANISH COMPANY The Danish Christian Hansen group says that the manipulation of enzymes and bacterial cultures through biotechnology has helped it in its quest for profitability.... * VENTER FEELS THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PATENT * WORLD BANK SEEKS TO TAKE OVER CGIAR Rumor from the Biodiversity Convention meeting currently underway in Nairobi, Kenya is that the World Bank is attempting to take control of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), which contains some of the world's most valuable gene banks. * BABBITT SAYS BROADER APPROACH NEEDED TO REAUTHORIZE ESA * FARM BUREAU SAYS FARMERS PROTECT WILDLIFE HABITAT * EFFORTS OF NATIVE SEEDS/SEARCH EXAMINED The June 1994 issue of CALYPSO LOG examines the efforts of the Tucson, Arizona based Native Seeds/SEARCH (NS/S) organization. * RESOURCES BIODIVERSITY AND PEST MANAGEMENT IN AGROECOSYSTEMS * CALENDAR OF EVENT