American biology company is severely punished for mixing corn gene into soybean

Introduction: the U.S Department of Agriculture recently announced a severe punishment for a Texas biotech company The U.S Department of Agriculture recently announced a severe punishment for a Texas biotech company, because the company accidentally mixed genetically modified corn into the edible soybean This is the first case in the United States where the government has punished the government for poor management of genetically modified crops The company, prodigine, has said it is willing to pay a $250000 fine, the Washington Post reported Thursday UC5 in addition, 500000 bushels (about 18.18 million liters) of soybeans stored in a warehouse in Nebraska are suspected to contain a small amount of genetically modified corn developed by the company, and the U.S Department of agriculture has decided to burn them all The cost is estimated to be about 3 million dollars, which will also be reimbursed by prodigine Over the past 10 years, many small biotechnology companies in the United States have been committed to the development of genetically modified crops, trying to add new genes to corn, etc to produce proteins and enzymes that can be used in pharmaceutical industry and industry Prodigian is the leader of these companies UC5 has conducted transgenic corn experiments with swine vaccine proteins in Nebraska and Iowa In November, U.S government inspectors found that the genetically modified corn planted by prodigian company was not completely cleaned up, which may have polluted the edible soybeans in the field, and some contaminated soybeans may have entered the warehouse After that, UC5 repurchased and destroyed 155 acres (941 acres) of contaminated crops in Iowa, admitted that it had not taken adequate safety precautions, and began to negotiate a solution with the USDA UC5 on how to manage genetically modified crops, the United States passed the relevant "Crop Protection Act" in 2000 Prodigium was found to have violated the act After the incident, many environmentalists and consumer groups criticized that the U.S government is not strong enough in the management of genetically modified crops UC5