30.12.2002 |

New "Starlink" contamimation found in Japan

One year after the recall of a genetically engineered corn variety "Starlink" of Aventis (now Bayer) has been completed in the US and growing of that GMO is banned there, Japanese authorities have stopped a cargo of US corn on Dec 26th as it was contaminated with the illegal GMO. Traders at the Chicago board of trade expect falling imports as a result. The US Department of Agriculture said is was unable to identify the sources of the contamination so far.</p><p><a href="http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/19243/story.htm">Reuters on Starlink 30 Dec 02</a>