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2006-12-14 | permalink
Contaminated corn importer plans compo
American seed company Syngenta hopes to sort out compensation issues over its shipment of sweet corn seed contaminated with genetically engineered material as quickly as possible, a spokesman said today. A border bungle this year has led to an estimated 4420kg of sweet corn seed being investigated for possible contamination. About two-thirds of the seed has been planted in the Hawke's Bay, and near Gisborne and Ashburton.
- Stuff, New Zealand: Contaminated corn importer plans compo
- Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand: Upheaval over GM corn seed hardly worth the effort
- The Ashburton Guardian, New Zealand: No GE corn found in Mid Canterbury
- The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand: GE-tainted corn must be destroyed, says MAF
- Stuff, New Zealand: MAF looks to Syngenta for compensation
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2006-12-14 | permalink
Contaminated corn importer plans compo
American seed company Syngenta hopes to sort out compensation issues over its shipment of sweet corn seed contaminated with genetically engineered material as quickly as possible, a spokesman said today. A border bungle this year has led to an estimated 4420kg of sweet corn seed being investigated for possible contamination. About two-thirds of the seed has been planted in the Hawke's Bay, and near Gisborne and Ashburton.
- Stuff, New Zealand: Contaminated corn importer plans compo
- Taranaki Daily News, New Zealand: Upheaval over GM corn seed hardly worth the effort
- The Ashburton Guardian, New Zealand: No GE corn found in Mid Canterbury
- The New Zealand Herald, New Zealand: GE-tainted corn must be destroyed, says MAF
- Stuff, New Zealand: MAF looks to Syngenta for compensation
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