1000 GM papaya trees have been destroyed at a Agricultural Research and Development Office in Thailand after the Agriculture Ministry found genetically modified (GM) papaya in samples of a farm which bought seedlings from that station. The ministry vowed to destroy the produce of any farm where GMO contaminated fruit is discovered. Thailand faces import bans from some tinned fruit companies and papaya prices dipped from 5-6 to 1-2 Bath over the scandal.</p><p><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.arcview.php3?clid=1&id=106019">The nation, Bangkok: Ministry admits contaminated papaya</a></p><p><a href="http://www.genet-info.org/genet/2004/Sep/msg00059.html">Hawai: Critics complain about papaya contamination</a>