1973 Cohen and Boyer perform the first successful recombinant DNA experiment, using bacterial genes.
1986 First field tests of genetically engineered plants (tobacco) are conducted.
1987 Advanced Genetic Sciences’ Frostban, a genetically altered bacterium that inhibits frost formation is field-tested on strawberry and potato plants in California—the first authorized outdoor tests of an engineered bacterium.
1993 The FDA declares GMO foods are “not inherently dangerous” and do not require special regulation.
1994 Calgene’s Flavr Savr tomato, engineered to resist rotting, is approved for sale.
1995 GMO soy and corn planted in the United States.
1996 GMO foods first hit supermarket shelves.
1996 Seven percent of soy and 1.5 percent of corn crops grown in the United States are genetically modified.
1999 The rising tide of public opinion in Europe brings biotech food into the spotlight.
2000 GMO corn StarLink, approved solely for animal feed, ends up in corn products for human consumption.
2002 ProdiGene violates the U.S. Plant Protection Act by allowing experimental biopharmaceutical corn to mix with a commercial soy crop.
2004 GMO wheat developer Monsanto decides against selling GMO wheat because of negative public perception.
2004 Eighty-five percent of soy and 45 percent of corn crops grown in the United States are genetically modified.
Source: North Carolina Biotechnology Center (www.ncbiotech.org).
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Thanks for posting this, are there any current time lines this one was from 2005? I know there are so many more GMO crops now. Thanks again from MI
Anything that does not say Organic, is GMO. It is that simple anymore. The FDA published an article saying we should not complain because the people have no right to know what is in the foods consumed, nor do they have a right to food at all. The problem since 2005, has been too outstanding to make a time line. Here is an article I published on the issue. Don't be fooled by the title or subject matter.
http://www.wearespiritpeople.com/articles.php
if it is no longer the main article, The title is Reefer and GMO's in Colorado
Those lummoxes. Those bastards. They have no right being there if we don't want 'em there. That's the way it was meant to be. It's time the FDA is history. Torn apart hopefully. I think GMO could be wholesome and beneficial, but that is a long way off. It may even be a point that could have been reached eventually but not anymore.
