China rejects 60,000 tons of genetically modified U.S. corn China rejected 60,000 tons of U.S. corn because the crops had been genetically modified in violation of regulations, Beijings quality watchdog said Friday. Authorities in the southern port city of Shenzhen, just north of Hong Kong, found a variety of insect-resistant transgenic corn within more than 60,000 metric tons of maize imported from the United States. The insect-resistant MIR 162 transgenic corn was developed by Syngenta AG to provide growers with maize hybrids that are resistant to feeding damage caused by moths, butterflies and other lepidopteran insects. MIR 162 is not authorized by Chinas agricultural department, spokesman Chen Xitong said.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:36:23 +0000
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