2014-01-07 | permalink

China continued rejecting and screening U.S. GM corn

China continued to reject corn cargoes from the U.S. that contained an unapproved genetically modified variety while accepting a first bulk-carrier shipment of the grain from Ukraine. The quarantine agency’s newest figure cited by Xinhua was 56,000 tons more than it announced on Dec. 19, showing the government’s continued screening of U.S. corn and and dried distillers’ grains, or DDGS, for the unapproved insect resistanr MIR 162 gene. Net corn sales to China from the U.S. in the seven days through Dec. 26 dropped by 116,000 tons from the previous week, according to a report on the website of U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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• China faces dilemma regarding genetically modified crops CCTV News - CNTV English
• Seed smuggling a 'serious threat' to national security, says Beijing | South China Morning Post
• MIR162 - GMO Authorisation in the EU