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Germany confirms illegal biotech rice
Posted by: Prof. Dr. M. Raupp (IP Logged)
Date: September 14, 2006 06:31PM
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The Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that U.S.-produced
genetically modified rice had been found on store shelves in Germany, but
said it posed no danger to those who eat it. September 2006.
On Tuesday, the European Commission said that 33 of 162 samples of rice
imports to Europe tested by European rice millers contained illegal
genetically altered strains.
EU spokesman Philip Tod told reporters that any shipments and consignments
that tested positive had been recalled or withheld from the market.
It was unclear where all the 33 positive cases were found; however, the
Commission confirmed that tests on three barges containing rice from the
United States had tested positive for a modification called Liberty Link
Rice 601, which has not been approved for human consumption. The barges are
now sitting in Rotterdam harbor in the Netherlands
The rice, which is illegal in the European Union, was first reported Monday
by the environmental group Greenpeace, which said its tests had confirmed
that the 601 rice strain had been sold in stores of one of Germany's leading
supermarket chains, Aldi Nord.
Aldi Nord said it had removed the Bon-Ri rice brand from its shelves. Euryza
GmbH confirmed it had produced the rice.
Liberty Link Rice 601 was developed by Aventis CropScience, which was taken
over by Germany's Bayer AG in 2002 and renamed Bayer Crop Science.
Field trials on the rice, which had a protein added to help make it
resistant to the Liberty herbicide, were stopped in 2001, said Bayer Crop
Science spokeswoman Annette Josten. Though the seeds were never sold, traces
of the modified rice have shown up in crops.
Bayer announced in July it had found the 601 strain in storage units in
Arkansas and Missouri.
Germany's Agriculture Ministry said that its own inspections confirmed
traces of the 601 strain in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Seven of the 46 examined samples contained the genetically modified rice
variety, three of which were produced in the United States, the Ministry
said. The origin of the other four samples is still unknown.
www.checkbiotech.org
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The Agriculture Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that U.S.-produced
genetically modified rice had been found on store shelves in Germany, but
said it posed no danger to those who eat it. September 2006.
On Tuesday, the European Commission said that 33 of 162 samples of rice
imports to Europe tested by European rice millers contained illegal
genetically altered strains.
EU spokesman Philip Tod told reporters that any shipments and consignments
that tested positive had been recalled or withheld from the market.
It was unclear where all the 33 positive cases were found; however, the
Commission confirmed that tests on three barges containing rice from the
United States had tested positive for a modification called Liberty Link
Rice 601, which has not been approved for human consumption. The barges are
now sitting in Rotterdam harbor in the Netherlands
The rice, which is illegal in the European Union, was first reported Monday
by the environmental group Greenpeace, which said its tests had confirmed
that the 601 rice strain had been sold in stores of one of Germany's leading
supermarket chains, Aldi Nord.
Aldi Nord said it had removed the Bon-Ri rice brand from its shelves. Euryza
GmbH confirmed it had produced the rice.
Liberty Link Rice 601 was developed by Aventis CropScience, which was taken
over by Germany's Bayer AG in 2002 and renamed Bayer Crop Science.
Field trials on the rice, which had a protein added to help make it
resistant to the Liberty herbicide, were stopped in 2001, said Bayer Crop
Science spokeswoman Annette Josten. Though the seeds were never sold, traces
of the modified rice have shown up in crops.
Bayer announced in July it had found the 601 strain in storage units in
Arkansas and Missouri.
Germany's Agriculture Ministry said that its own inspections confirmed
traces of the 601 strain in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Seven of the 46 examined samples contained the genetically modified rice
variety, three of which were produced in the United States, the Ministry
said. The origin of the other four samples is still unknown.
www.checkbiotech.org
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