China Rejects 545,000 TONS Of GMO Corn Shipped From the U.S.
December 22, 2013
China has rejected 12 batches of U.S.
corn shipments tainted with a genetically-modified (GM) strain not
approved by the country’s agriculture ministry, its leading quality
supervisor said on Friday.
Shipments totaling 545,000 tons were
found to contain the unapproved MIR162, a strain of insect-resistant
transgenic corn, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement.
The administration said local entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus have returned the batches and it has notified the U.S. authority.
It urged the U.S. authority to improve its inspection procedures to ensure that they comply with Chinese quality standards.
Source: consciouslifenews
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