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ASA Calls on EU to Issue Import Approvals for 13 Biotech Traits |
 The American Soybean Association (ASA) and fellow farm groups sent a letter to European Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, urging that draft import authorizations for 13 new biotechnology products be considered without further delay by the European Union's College of Commissioners. Import authorizations for soybeans, corn, canola and cotton are pending, some for more than a year. The ASA and the other groups noted that, while the process for approving new biotech traits had slowed in recent years, it now appears to have come to a "complete stop."
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FAO DG: Agri Production Must Change |
 The current model of agricultural production is no longer acceptable to achieve food security. That is according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General José Graziano da Silva, who delivered a talk at the International Forum on Agriculture and Climate Change on February 20, 2015 held in France.
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GM APPROVAL UPDATES |
- The Philippines approved the canola event LBFLFK for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the cotton event GFM cry1A for commercial cultivation.
- Brazil approved the wheat event HB4 for commercial cultivation.
- The Philippines approved the soybean event GMB 151 for food, feed, and processing.
- The Philippines approved the eggplant event EE-1 for cultivation
- The USA approved the canola event MON94100 for food and feed.
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Former UK Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, presented the 
Scientists at the University of Guelph identified a 
