GMO Rice Contamination

News articles and commentary on the experimental GMO rice that has contaminated the US and global rice food supply.

Experimental GE Rice Contaminates US Long-Grain Rice

Agriculture Secretary Johanns said he did not know where the contaminated rice was found or how widespread it may be in the U.S. food chain. Although Bayer stopped field tests in 2001, the contamination appeared in the 2005 harvest.

Japan ends U.S. long-grain rice imports

Japan has suspended imports of U . S . long - grain rice following a positive test for trace amounts of a genetically modified strain not approved for human consumption , a news report said Sunday .

Riceland Foods: Statement Regarding experimental GMO rice in harvest

Discovery of Material: Experimental GMO rice was discovered in January 2006 but not reported to the USDA until July.

EU Adopts `Emergency Measures' to Bar Gene-Altered U.S. Rice

The European Union adopted ``emergency measures'' to protect against an unapproved, gene- modified rice made by Bayer CropScience AG, which was found in commercial U.S. rice supplies.

California rice industry nervous about GMO contamination 1,600 miles away

 

US rice farmers sue Bayer CropScience over GM rice

Rice farmers in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and California have sued Bayer CropScience, alleging its genetically modified rice has contaminated the crop, attorneys for the farmers said on Monday.

US Oversight of Biotech Crops Seen Lacking

The disclosure of the contamination of experimental biotech rice owned by Bayer CropScience, a unit of Bayer AG, coupled with statements by USDA officials that they have no idea how the contamination occurred or how extensive it may be, has outraged players up and down the food chain.

EU confirms presence of tainted GMO rice

The unapproved, experimental GMO rice was found in thirty-three out of 162 rice samples tested.

Outrage as illegal GMO rice slips through net

Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded a suspension of all long grain rice imports from the United States after the European Commission admitted today that a consignment of US rice certified as "GM-free" was retested and found to be contaminated.

EU countries to vote on measures to keep contaminated rice out of Europe

Environment Ministers and national food safety experts are meeting separately today to discuss how to deal with the contamination of rice from both the United States and China with illegal genetically modified (GM) experimental strains.

Another GE rice from Bayer contaminates EU food supplies

News that French authorities have detected another variety of illegal genetically engineered (GE) rice contained in US imports to the EU – the third illegal GE rice scandal in Europe in two months – should prompt urgent action on behalf of regulatory authorities.

USDA Gives Rubber-Stamp Market Approval to Genetically Engineered Rice Contaminating Food Supply

'Approval-by-Contamination' Policy Puts Consumers and Environment at Risk, Erodes Trust in U.S. Food. USDA Continues to Allow Bayer to Test Experimental Genetically Engineered Crops.