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2006-11-27 | permalink
West African food aid contaminated with GM rice
Accra (Ghana), Freetown (Sierra Leone). 24 November 2006. A genetically modified (GM) rice not allowed for human consumption originated from the United states has been found in food aid and other rice supplies in West Africa. The findings were revealed today by Friends of the Earth at simultaneous press conferences in Ghana and Sierra Leone where the environmental campaign group urged the governments of Sierra Leone and Ghana to immediately recall the contaminated products.
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2006-11-27 | permalink
West African food aid contaminated with GM rice
Accra (Ghana), Freetown (Sierra Leone). 24 November 2006. A genetically modified (GM) rice not allowed for human consumption originated from the United states has been found in food aid and other rice supplies in West Africa. The findings were revealed today by Friends of the Earth at simultaneous press conferences in Ghana and Sierra Leone where the environmental campaign group urged the governments of Sierra Leone and Ghana to immediately recall the contaminated products.
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