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Posted - Feb 27 2008 : 06:40:58 AM
Unapproved biotech corn grown in Iowa
By PHILIP BRASHER, Register Washington Bureau
Desmoines Register, February 22 2008
Washington, D.C. - Some corn seed produced by Dow AgroSciences and grown in Iowa has been contaminated with small amounts of an unapproved biotech variety since 2006, the company and government officials disclosed Friday.
Federal officials said that there was no risk to humans or livestock from the grain and that it won't be recalled. However, Dow has recalled the contaminated seed that was sold for the 2008 crop.
Most of the contaminated corn was planted in Iowa and most of the recalled seed had been distributed in the state, according to the company.
It is the latest in a series of incidents in which unapproved biotech varieties of corn and rice have made their way into seed or grain supplies. The first incident occurred in 2000 when a genetically modified corn variety known as StarLink was found in food products despite not having been approved for human consumption.
More at http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080222/BUSINESS/80222036/-1/SPORTS01
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