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2007-05-22 |

Animal feed containing illegal GM maize compound

The Department of Agriculture has impounded 7,000 tonnes of US animal feed at Dublin Port, which has been found to contain illegal GM maize, Herculex Rw. It is also seeking to recover the remainder of the cargo, which was sampled by Greenpeace in Rotterdam and found to contain GM material not authorised in the EU, although legal in the US.

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2007-05-22 |

Animal feed containing illegal GM maize compound

The Department of Agriculture has impounded 7,000 tonnes of US animal feed at Dublin Port, which has been found to contain illegal GM maize, Herculex Rw. It is also seeking to recover the remainder of the cargo, which was sampled by Greenpeace in Rotterdam and found to contain GM material not authorised in the EU, although legal in the US.

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