US grain sales plunge as Chinese screening of yet-unapproved variety is stepped up PUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 December, 2013, 5:04am Reuters Mainland quarantine authorities refused to accept 545,000 tonnes of US corn in November and December. Photo: Xinhua Corn exporters… Read More ›
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China rejects shipment of GMO ‘contaminated’ corn from US
China rejected a cargo of U.S. corn because it contained a genetically modified variety that is not approved for import. The GMO product is labeled as Syngenta AG’s AgrisureViptera corn, which is also known as MIR 162. This follows a… Read More ›
France orders probe after study links genetically-modified corn to cancer
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 16:16 EDT Topics: gm ♦ Social Affairs Minister Marisol Touraine PARIS — France’s government on Wednesday asked a health watchdog to carry out a probe, possibly leading to EU suspension of a genetically-modified… Read More ›
GM corn loses its edge against pests
YOU can’t keep a bad pest down. Corn rootworms in the US may have developed resistance to a protective chemical made by a genetically modified corn. The US Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it plans to investigate the… Read More ›
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