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China returns 887,000 tonnes of GM corn shipments from US

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Press Trust of India Beijing
China has returned 887,000 tonnes of US shipments of corn that contain a genetically-modified (GM) strain of the crop not approved by the country's agriculture ministry, since last October.

These corn shipments were found to contain the unapproved MIR162, a strain of insect-resistant transgenic corn, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

China detected the first batch of MIR162 tainted corn shipment from the US last October in Shenzhen, and found several batches at the country's different ports after that.

The administration urged local entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus to step up detection of the imported farm produce and return or destroy those tainted with unapproved GM components.

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First Published: Mar 01 2014 | 9:41 PM IST

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