China returns US GM corn shipment
26 March 2014 4:58 AM IST
China has returned a 21,800-tonne corn shipment from the US saying it was tainted with a genetically-modified strain, not approved by the country. The shipment from the United States was to be used as animal feed but was found to contain the unapproved MIR162, a strain of insect-resistant transgenic corn, an official with the Binhai branch under Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said.
China found the first batch of MIR162 tainted corn shipment last October in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province, and detected several other batches at the country's ports. Statistics released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the country's leading quality watchdog, showed that China rejected 6,01,000 tonnes of unapproved GM corn imports in 2013.
China found the first batch of MIR162 tainted corn shipment last October in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong Province, and detected several other batches at the country's ports. Statistics released by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the country's leading quality watchdog, showed that China rejected 6,01,000 tonnes of unapproved GM corn imports in 2013.
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