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MONDAY, JULY 30, 2001

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced that it would not approve a temporary request to allow consumers to eat even small amounts of a genetically modified corn product.

The makers of Starlink had made the request after the product had been discovered in a number of now-recalled food products. But even though there is little chance that humans will consume Starlink, the FDA says the product might still cause allergic reactions in some.

Get the Story:
EPA Rejects Biotech Corn as Human Food (The Washington Post 7/28)

Relevant Links:
Office of Pesticide Programs, EPA - http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides

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