Exclusive: Top rice producer China approves GMO strain
Checkbiotech
Friday, November 27, 2009
By Niu Shuping and Tom Miles
In this item from BEIJING – there is news that China has approved its first strain of genetically modified rice for commercial production, according to Reuters two scientists involved in the approval process . This potentially eases the way for other major producers to adopt the controversial technology.
The item indicates that approval of the locally-developed rice, as well as China’s first GMO corn, shifts the global balance of power in food trade and could prompt other countries to follow suit.
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