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European Union buyers have voluntarily moved to stop imports of U.S. soy after shipments were found containing traces of genetically modified corn, a spokesman for the EU in Washington said on Thursday. [...] ”The industry has itself decided to stop all imports of U.S. soy, as of now,” Mattias Sundholm told Reuters. [...] Sundholm could not confirm the quantity or location of the shipments, but said they were found to contain the corn varieties MON-88017 and MIR-604.
2009-08-10 | permalink
European Union buyers have voluntarily moved to stop imports of U.S. soy after shipments were found containing traces of genetically modified corn, a spokesman for the EU in Washington said on Thursday. [...] ”The industry has itself decided to stop all imports of U.S. soy, as of now,” Mattias Sundholm told Reuters. [...] Sundholm could not confirm the quantity or location of the shipments, but said they were found to contain the corn varieties MON-88017 and MIR-604.
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