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2009-01-22 |

U.S. industry weighs benefits and perils of GM potatoes

Once burned, the U.S. potato industry is still shy about embracing genetically modified spuds. Industry leaders want assurances that major buyers, consumers and U.S. trading partners will accept genetically modified potatoes prior to any more commercial releases. ”We are concerned that the realities of some international markets may override the science and create market disruptions to important trade,” the industry’s official position statement on biotechnology says in part.

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2009-01-22 |

U.S. industry weighs benefits and perils of GM potatoes

Once burned, the U.S. potato industry is still shy about embracing genetically modified spuds. Industry leaders want assurances that major buyers, consumers and U.S. trading partners will accept genetically modified potatoes prior to any more commercial releases. ”We are concerned that the realities of some international markets may override the science and create market disruptions to important trade,” the industry’s official position statement on biotechnology says in part.

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