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US under pressure over modified rice
The US Department of Agriculture on Monday faced mounting international calls for action after admitting on Friday that traces of an unauthorised variety of genetically modified rice had been found in commercial supplies.
South Korean officials joined their counterparts from the European Union in seeking more information from the US Department of Agriculture on test results after Bayer CropScience, a unit of the German chemicals group, discovered the contaminated supplies on July 31.
Mike Johanns, US agriculture secretary, has said no health risks are associated with the GM strain, but the fallout could hit US farmers amid calls for exports to be halted. The $1.5bn-a-year industry already faces intensifying competition from overseas producers, particularly in Asia.
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GM contamination warning triggers call for ban on US rice
The contamination source is apparently a trial GM rice called LLRICE601, produced by the German-based biotechnology company Bayer. The rice is engineered to withstand the herbicide glufosinate, but it has not been approved for human consumption anywhere in the world.
According to Bayer the GM rice is "present in some samples of commercial rice seed at low levels" even though field testing ended five years ago.
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Originally posted by dgtempe
I have to say i thought this was about condoleeza RIce and Bush maybe running off together...
Nothing would surprise me.
Anyway,
Originally posted by netscape
Originally posted by dgtempe
I have to say i thought this was about condoleeza RIce and Bush maybe running off together...
Nothing would surprise me.
Anyway,
I thought of same.
European and American attitudes towards genetically modified plants and organisms have differed sharply in the past. While GM foods are consumed widely in the US, polls show European consumers deeply distrustful of products containing GMOs.
France finds banned GMO traces in US rice
BRUSSELS, Sept 12, 2006 (AFP) - France and Sweden have discovered traces of a banned genetically modified substance in imported US rice, in tests which must be confirmed by EU laboratories, a European Commission source said Tuesday.
"Two member states, France and Sweden, have found, by their own methods, positive samples of GMO, these remain to be verified by the Commission's testing methods," the official said.
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Originally posted by Uphill
...pending further review.
Tainted rice route remains mystery
Agriculture officials say documents destroyed several years ago might have helped determine how the U.S. supply of long-grain rice became tainted.
After 14 months of investigation, the Agriculture Department said Friday it could not determine how a variety of unapproved genetically engineered rice entered the nation's supply, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
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Because the investigation was inconclusive, no action will be taken against Bayer CropScience, whose gene-altered rice entered the supply, the Post reported.
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