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OCTOBER 27, 2000

The Department of Agriculture says it has tracked down all but 1.2 million bushels of StarLink, the genetically modified corn not meant for human use.

The number represents about 1.5 percent of the entire crop grown this year. Some of it was sent to grain suppliers and farmers, who inadvertently mixed it with traditionally grown corn.

Get the Story:
U.S. Accounts For Most of Biotech Corn (The Washington Post 10/27)

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Relevant Links:
The World Health Organization -www.who.int
The Center for Food Safety - www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Genetically Engineering Food Alert -www.gefoodalert.org
Aventis CropScience - www2.aventis.com/cropsc/cro_main.htm
Bioengineered foods, The FDA - www.fda.gov/oc/biotech/default.htm