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21.09.2006 | permalink
GM Rice: further illegal shipments from the US detected
Europe's problems with shipments of unauthorized genetically modified rice have taken a turn for the worse as, once more, U.S. shipments declared as GE-free were tested positive for an illegal biotech strain. Environmental Organisations like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth ask the EU and all their member states to stop all rice imports from the US.
- Reuters: EU chases GMO-tainted rice strain in four countries
- FoE Europe: Outrage as illegal genetically modified rice slips through the net
- Greenpeace: False GM-free Certification for US rice - EU should stop all rice imports from US
- The Age, Australia: Italy finds unauthorized variety of genetically modified rice in imports: Health Ministry
