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2006-12-11 | permalink
New Zealand Government may face $1 million bill for corn botchup
Sweet corn investigation. Update 2 - Table 1
The Government may face a hill of up to $1 million to clean up the latest border bungle - allowing genetically-engineered (GE) contaminated seeds to enter the country. Imports of a total of 4420kg of sweetcorn seed is being being investigated for possible GE contamination. About two-thirds of the sweetcorn seed -- 3067.5kg -- was planted in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, and Ashburton, on about 373ha spread over 25 properties. The bill the Crown faces for cleanup of the latest incident is understood to be in the vicinity of $1 million," Sustainability Council executive director Simon Terry said today.
- Checkbiotech, Switzerland: NZ Govt may face $1 million bill for corn botchup
- The Gisborne Herald, New Zealand: Border bungle as GE-suspect corn again causes major disruption
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand: Sweet corn investigation. Update 2
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand: GM import standards to be reviewed
- The Press, New Zealand: Silence on location of GE crops
- The Gisborne Herald, New Zealand: Some of the suspect sweetcorn grown in Wairoa
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2006-12-11 | permalink
New Zealand Government may face $1 million bill for corn botchup
Sweet corn investigation. Update 2 - Table 1
The Government may face a hill of up to $1 million to clean up the latest border bungle - allowing genetically-engineered (GE) contaminated seeds to enter the country. Imports of a total of 4420kg of sweetcorn seed is being being investigated for possible GE contamination. About two-thirds of the sweetcorn seed -- 3067.5kg -- was planted in Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, and Ashburton, on about 373ha spread over 25 properties. The bill the Crown faces for cleanup of the latest incident is understood to be in the vicinity of $1 million," Sustainability Council executive director Simon Terry said today.
- Checkbiotech, Switzerland: NZ Govt may face $1 million bill for corn botchup
- The Gisborne Herald, New Zealand: Border bungle as GE-suspect corn again causes major disruption
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand: Sweet corn investigation. Update 2
- Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand: GM import standards to be reviewed
- The Press, New Zealand: Silence on location of GE crops
- The Gisborne Herald, New Zealand: Some of the suspect sweetcorn grown in Wairoa
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