The following are links to stories and documents related to the GM rice (LLRice601) contamination which has now spread beyond US shores. Included are news reports following developments since the case was officially announced in August 2006.
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World’s largest rice company bans GM-contaminated imports from US
Greenpeace, 2 Oct 2006
(http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/contentlookup.cfm?ucidparam=20061002152222)
RUSSIA: US rice imports suspended over GMOs
2 October 2006, just-food.com
(http://www.just-food.com/article.aspx?id=96181)
USDA Poised to Deregulate Illegal GM Rice
ISIS Press Release, 29 Sept 2006
(http://www.i-sis.org.uk/LLRICE601.php)
Japan widens testing of U.S. rice for illegal GMO
Reuters News Service, September 28 2006
(http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=
CN&storyID=2006-09-28T044635Z_01_T264509_RTRIDST_0_FOOD-JAPAN-RICE-USA.
EU to boost checks on U.S. rice imports after Dutch report more illegal shipments
Associated Press, September 22 2006
(http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/EU-to-boost-checks-on-US-rice-imports-after-Dutch-
report-more-illegal-shipments/2006/09/12/1157826946082.html)
Lousiana farmers file federal suits
By RICHARD BURGESS
Acadiana, Sep 22 2006
(http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/4206241.html)
EU chases GMO-tainted rice strain in four countries
Thu Sep 21, 2006
(http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-09-
21T174528Z_01_BRU004935_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-EU-RICE-DC.XML&archived=False)
Watchdog faces legal action over GM rice
The Guardian, UK – 17 Sep 2006
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,,1874894,00.html)
Illegal US GM rice found in UK supermarket – Greenpeace
(http://www.eubusiness.com/press/greenpeace.2006-09-17)
GM rice row
Newstalk ZB, New Zealand 19/09/2006
(http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=104011)
Banned in Europe
Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail Sep 19 2006
(http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=17777140&method=full&
siteid=50082&headline=banned-in-europe-name_page.html)
More farmers sue over release of altered rice
RUDI KELLER
Southeast Missourian, Sunday, September 17, 2006
(http://www.semissourian.com/story/1168623.html)
Illegal US GM rice found in UK supermarket – Friends of the Earth
(http://www.eubusiness.com/press/foe.2006-09-17)
Farmers from Missouri, Arkansas sue Bayer over rice prices
Robert Frederick, KWMU science reporter
KWMU, 15 September 2006
(http://publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=968108§ionID=1)
Statement of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms in response to the request of the European Commission on inadvertent presence of genetically modified rice LLRICE601
(http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/science/gmo/statements0/efsa_statement_gmo_LLrice601.html)
USDA Urged to Deny Approval of Illegal Genetically Engineered Rice Found in Food Chain
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, September 14, 2006
(http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/PR9_14_06.cfm)
Genetically modified rice hits Switzerland
Swiss Info, September 12, 2006
(http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/front/detail/Genetically_modified_rice_hits_Switzerland.html?
siteSect=105&sid=7058118&cKey=1158095339000)
Genetically Modified Rice Found in German Supermarkets
Deutsche Welle, 12 September 2006
(http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2171602,00.html)
GM rice situation reviewed at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
Reference: IP/06/1175 Date: 12/09/2006
Brussels, 11 September 2006
(http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1175&format=HTML&aged=
0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
Release No. 0345.06
USDA SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON DEREGULATION OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RICE
(http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=
2006/09/0345.xml)
Bayer kept rice problem secret
Western Mail, Aug 29 2006
(http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/farming/farming/tm_objectid=17641742%26method=full%
26siteid=50082%26headline=american%2dgm%2drice%2dcontaminated%2dour%2dsupplies%2dfor%
2dmonths-name_page.html)
Bayer faces more lawsuits over GMO rice
REUTERS, Aug 29 2006 By Lisa Haarlander
(http://today.reuters.com/news/articlebusiness.aspx?type=ousiv&storyID=2006-08-
29T184418Z_01_N29437472_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESSPRO-FOOD-BAYER-RICE-
US RICE FARMERS SUE BAYER CROPSCIENCE OVER GM RICE
Reuters, 28 Aug 2006
(http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=N8S372113)
Commission requires certification of US rice exports to stop unauthorised GMO entering the EU
IP/06/1120, Brussels, 23 August 2006
(http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1120&format=HTML&aged=
0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
Questions and Answers on the finding of unauthorised GM rice on the US market
MEMO/06/310, Brussels, 23 August 2006
(http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/310&format=HTML&
aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
EU tightens rules to block tainted U.S. biotech rice
By Jeremy Smith
REUTERS, August 23 2006
(http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-
08-23T173242Z_01_L23130635_RTRIDST_0_FOOD-EU-USA-RICE-UPDATE-2.XML&rpc=66)
UPDATE: Japan Suspends US Long-Grain Rice Imports -Report?
Associated Press, Sunday August 20th, 2006 / 12h36
(http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=44088〈=fra&NewsRubrique=2)
U.S. Rice Supply Contaminated
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post, Saturday, August 19, 2006
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR200608180104?3_2.html?)