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Arkansas (USA) Circuit Court awards Riceland USD136.8 million in rice GE contamination case
A Circuit Court jury in Stuttgart awarded $136.8 million Friday to Riceland Foods Inc. in a lawsuit against Bayer CropScience LP over genetically modified rice. Riceland, a farmers cooperative based in Stuttgart, is the world’s biggest miller and marketer of rice. It sued Bayer over losses it suffered when Bayer’s experimental varietyof genetically modified rice made its way into the U.S. rice supply.
- Arkansas Democrat Gazette, USA: Jury awards Riceland $136.8 million
- Stuttgart Daily Leader, USA: Closing arguments heard in Riceland-Bayer case
- Thomson Reuters, USA: Bayer ordered to pay $136.8 mln in U.S. rice case
- Stuttgart Daily Leader, USA: Riceland Foods receives $136.9M verdict from jury Friday
- Dewitt Era Enterprise, USA: Jury finds Bayer negligent - Riceland awarded $136.8M in damages, fines
