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Illegal experimental GE rice from China: now entering Europe's food chain

Publication Date: 
1 Sep 2006

Summary

Genetically engineered rice, unapproved for human consumption, has been found in food products in France, Germany and the UK. This is in itself a cause for concern but when the strain of illegal GE rice is an experimental one that contains a toxin with potential allergenicity to the public, then this is truly alarming for a staple food that feeds half the world's population.

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