05.12.2003 |

Starlink contamination found in 1% of all tested maize in the US

Three years after genetically engineered maize bannedfrom human consumption turned up in taco shells and was pulled from themarket, contaminated grain is still showing up in the nation`s corn supply.A federal testing program found traces of the banished grain, calledStarLink, in more than 1 percent of samples submitted by growers andgrain handlers in the past 12 months, government records show.</p><p><a href=" http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/7386628.htm?">Contaminated grain still showing up in corn suppl</a>