France decides to destroy genetically contaminated soybean crops (8.11)
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Last Update: 2003-03-12
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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OA show ('918 '); the French government announced Saturday the destruction of 46 hectares of soybeans, which were tested to be genetically contaminated This is the second time in France that gene contaminated crops have been found, and it shows that the government is firmly controlling the spread of genetically contaminated seeds The contaminated soybean seeds were found in the southernmost part of France It is reported that the seeds contained 0.8% to 1.5% transgenic genes, but it is not known which company provided the seeds France in May demanded the destruction of 600 hectares of canola, after edvarda seeds announced that it had inadvertently imported a batch of genetically modified crop seeds from abroad However, a batch of thousands of hectares of genetically modified corn also imported from the United States is not allowed to be destroyed by the government The Ministry of finance, the Ministry of agriculture, the Ministry of environmental protection and the consumer association all believe that soybeans are different from corn The corn country has authorized the cultivation of soybeans, but not soybeans Moreover, the pollution is high, and the European Union stipulates that the genetically modified components of crops should not exceed 0.5% China feed industry information network xzx (author:)
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