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2009-03-18 | permalink
U.S. food processors ask Government to delay approval of Syngenta’s GE agrofuel corn
[U.S.] food processors [...] have asked the United States Department of Agriculture to delay approving the Syngenta corn. The government lacks ”adequate scientific data or documentation necessary” to evaluate the crop’s impact on food and feed products, according to a letter to the USDA from trade groups representing food industry giants such as General Mills, ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland.
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2009-03-18 | permalink
U.S. food processors ask Government to delay approval of Syngenta’s GE agrofuel corn
[U.S.] food processors [...] have asked the United States Department of Agriculture to delay approving the Syngenta corn. The government lacks ”adequate scientific data or documentation necessary” to evaluate the crop’s impact on food and feed products, according to a letter to the USDA from trade groups representing food industry giants such as General Mills, ConAgra and Archer Daniels Midland.
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