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Africa contaminated by unapproved GM rice from the United States
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> Friends of the Earth Africa, briefing paper
Food aid and commercial imports sent to West Africa are contaminated with illegal GM rice.
The revelations of contamination by illegal GM rice in the food supply in Europe and Japan prompted Friends of the Earth to monitor the rice supply in West Africa, a region that imports most of the rice destined to Africa. Samples collected were sent in October 2006 to an independent laboratory in the United States. Testing results have confirmed that contamination by illegal GM rice LL601 has occurred in Ghana and Sierra Leone, main African recipients of rice as commercial imports and food aid from the United States. Many recalls of contaminated products have already taken place in Europe and Japan banned contaminated shipments. Friends of the Earth Africa is calling for an immediate recall of the contaminated products, and a thorough investigation of how this unauthorized contamination occurred.
- To read the document, click here (pdf)
- For further informations, visit the website of Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Friends of the Earth Nigeria
document de référence rédigé le : 23 November 2006
date of on-line publication : 4 December 2006
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