United States 

• EPA reassessment of Bt cotton completed
  Updated data are to be provided by Monsanto, including a detection method for the transgenic Cry1Ac protein, its expression levels in cotton plant tissues, its concentrations in soils of cotton fields, and a renewed homology comparison of its structure with the structures of allergens and toxins (Comment ENTRANSFOOD).
  (EPA,Office of Pesticide Programs, September 29, 2001)
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/reds/brad_bt_pip.htm
  September 29, 2001
  
• EPA: Assessment of additional scientific information concerning StarLink maize
  The Scientific Advisory Panel, which advises the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on pesticide issues, evaluated new data on Starlink maize. The genetically engineered, insect-resistant Starlink maize was found in American foods in 2000, whereas its use had been permitted for animal feed only. The panel, among others, maintained its position of a "low probability of allergenicity in the exposed population" (Comment ENTRANSFOOD).
  (EPA, Office of Science Coordination and Policy, July 17-18, 2001)
  http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap
  July 17-18, 2001

• EPA reassesses Bt crops
  The American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluates Bt crops as "plant pesticides" for their market approval. The EPA now invites comments from the public to its reassessment of previously approved Bt crops (Comment ENTRANSFOOD).
  (EPA, Office of Pesticide Programs, July 17, 2001)
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/otherdocs/bt_reassess/bt_crops_reassess.htm
  July 17, 2001
  
  
• Company ready to sell milk of cloned cows.
  The US company Infigen owns a herd of cloned experimental dairy cows. The US National Academy of Sciences is to release a report on the food safety of products from cloned animals in January 2002 (Comment ENTRANSFOOD).
  (ABCNews, July 11, 2001)
  
  July 11, 2001
  
  
• CDC: investigation of human health effects associated with potential exposure to genetically modified corn
  The Centers for Disease Control conclude that they have failed to confirm allergenicity to Cry9C in Americans who had reported adverse reactions from foods that might have been contaminated with Starlink maize. (Comment ENTRANSFOOD)
  (CDC, June 19, 2001)
  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ehhe/Cry9cReport/default.htm
  June 19, 2001
  
  
• New Starlink™ corn data submitted by Aventis CropSciences
  The EPA publishes new data on the potential contamination of American foodstuffs by Starlink maize and Starlink’s potential allergenicity. (Comment ENTRANSFOOD)
  (EPA, April 23, 2001)
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/otherdocs/stlink/stlinkdata.htm
  April 23, 2001

• White paper on the possible presence of CRY9C protein in processed human foods made from food fractions produced through the wet milling of corn
  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) releases a "white paper" reviewing maize processing and the potential exposure of consumers to the transgenic Cry9C protein due to contamination of maize for human consumption with the Starlink maize that had only been approved for animal feed use. (Comment ENTRANSFOOD)March 7, 2001
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/otherdocs/wetmill18.PDF
  EPA, March 7, 2001
  
• Starlink case: Chronology and background documents:
  EPA:
  http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/otherdocs/starlink_news.htm
  FIFRA SAP advisory committee to the EPA (including future meetings): http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/sap

• December 2000

• Bt toxin Cry9c in tacos
  Cry9C approved for animal feed but not for food
  Recall of tacos by Kraft
  September 2000
  
  
• FDA announces proposal and draft guidance for food developed through biotechnology
  Proposed US regulations. Key issues: mandatory notification of GM foods and feeds at least 120 days pre-market; voluntarily labelling of GM foods and GM-free foods with restricted terminology ("derived through biotechnology" and "bioengineered")
  (FDA, January 17, 2001).