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2007-05-18 | permalink
USDA approves planting of GE pharma rice in Kansas
Ventria Bioscience has received regulatory approval to plant bioengineered rice in Kansas. Three Kansas producers began planting a combined total of about 250 acres of the rice on Thursday. The rice has been genetically modified to produce proteins found in human breast milk, saliva and tears. Ventria will use it in a pharmaceutical product that will lessen the severity and duration of diarrhea in infants and children.
- The Wichita Eagle, USA: Feds OK planting modified rice crop
- Reuters: U.S. approves GMO rice to produce human proteins
- USA Rice Federation, USA: USA Rice disappointed with APHIS approval of pharmaceutical rice production in Kansas
- Kansas Rural Center, Center for Food Safety, Farmer to Farmer Campaign: USDA approval of drug-producing rice in Kansas poses threat to food safety, say food safety & farming groups
- Ventria Bioscience, USA: JCHS teacher receives Ventria Bioscience award grant
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2007-05-18 | permalink
USDA approves planting of GE pharma rice in Kansas
Ventria Bioscience has received regulatory approval to plant bioengineered rice in Kansas. Three Kansas producers began planting a combined total of about 250 acres of the rice on Thursday. The rice has been genetically modified to produce proteins found in human breast milk, saliva and tears. Ventria will use it in a pharmaceutical product that will lessen the severity and duration of diarrhea in infants and children.
- The Wichita Eagle, USA: Feds OK planting modified rice crop
- Reuters: U.S. approves GMO rice to produce human proteins
- USA Rice Federation, USA: USA Rice disappointed with APHIS approval of pharmaceutical rice production in Kansas
- Kansas Rural Center, Center for Food Safety, Farmer to Farmer Campaign: USDA approval of drug-producing rice in Kansas poses threat to food safety, say food safety & farming groups
- Ventria Bioscience, USA: JCHS teacher receives Ventria Bioscience award grant
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