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06.03.2007 | permalink
USDA bans contaminated rice variety
The U.S. Agriculture Department ordered seed dealers not to sell BASF"s "Clearfield" rice as it"s seeds are contaminated with Bayer"s illegal GM Rice LL 601. At the same time preliminary approval was given to grow a GM rice variety that contains human genes.
Reuters: USDA bars planting of rice suspected of GMO taint- deltafarmpress.com: No CL 131 rice in Arkansas in 2007
- Union of Concerned Scientists, USA: Genetically engineered rice contamination renews calls for caution
- Friends of the Earth, UK: Warning over GM drug crops - As US prepares to allow GM rice with human DNA
