China Rejects 545,000 Tons of US Genetically Modified Corn

Posted by Soulskill on Friday December 20, 2013 @04:49AM from the kernel-of-dissatisfaction dept.

hawkinspeter writes "The BBC is reporting that China has rejected 545,000 tons of U.S. corn that was found to contain an unapproved genetically modified strain. Although China doesn't have a problem per se with GM crops (they've been importing GM soybeans since 1997) — but their product safety agency found MIR162 in 12 batches of corn. 'The safety evaluation process [for MIR162] has not been completed and no imports are allowed at the moment before the safety certificate is issued,' said Nui Din, China's vice agricultural minister. The Chinese are now calling on U.S. authorities to tighten their controls to prevent unapproved strains from being sent to China after the first batch of corn was rejected in November due to MIR162."

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Didn't meet their standard... by Deimos24601 · 2013-12-20 04:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Apparently the melamine powder content was too low...
Egads! by Waffle+Iron · 2013-12-20 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Assuming that Chinese health authorities have their priorities straight, that must mean that eating US corn is more dangerous than breathing the air in Beijing. This is worrisome!
1. Re:Egads! by TWiTfan · 2013-12-20 05:10 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Well, the air in Beijing is thicker than corn anyway.
  
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