-Caveat Lector- ConAgra stops producing corn flour at Kansas mill By JOE RUFF, Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (October 17, 2000 11:20 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - ConAgra Foods Inc. has stopped making corn flour at a Kansas mill because it may have received genetically modified corn that sparked a nationwide recall of some taco shell brands. ConAgra is one of the nation's biggest food makers. Tests for the corn variety called Starlink were being conducted and equipment at the plant in Atchison, Kan., was being cleaned, ConAgra spokeswoman Karen Savinski said Tuesday. The mill, ConAgra's only corn flour plant, stopped processing corn on Wednesday. ConAgra told its customers, a variety of food manufacturers, about the potential problem and asked them not to use the corn flour. Savinski declined to name the companies involved. How much corn flour might be involved was not immediately known, and Savinski declined to say how ConAgra found out Starlink may have been delivered to the plant. The Starlink yellow corn contains a bacterium that makes it toxic to insects. Federal officials say the health risk is remote, but it is approved by the Environmental Protection Agency only for use in animal feed. The EPA's scientific advisers have been divided over whether it could cause allergic reactions in people. The nation's largest manufacturer of tortilla products, Mission Foods Co., on Friday recalled all its tortillas, taco shells and snack chips made with yellow corn because the flour might contain Starlink. The move by Mission Foods of Irving, Texas, followed a decision earlier last week by Safeway Inc. to remove all of Mission's taco shells from its stores and an earlier recall of taco shells by Kraft Foods. The corn that was detected in the Kraft and Mission taco shells is believed to have originated at an Azteca Milling plant in Plainview, Texas. Mission Foods is a subsidiary of Gruma SA of Monterrey, Mexico. Azteca Milling is a partnership of Gruma and Archer Daniels Midland Co., based in Decatur, Ill. Mission said it also would switch from yellow to white corn in all its products, and Azteca Milling said it was recalling all its flour made from yellow corn. The EPA said the seed's developer, Aventis CropScience, has agreed to cancel its license to sell the corn. Government officials have said Aventis was supposed to ensure that farmers kept Starlink corn separate from other varieties but failed to do so. Omaha-based ConAgra is nation's second-largest food company behind Philip Morris' Kraft Foods, and it is the nation's largest food-service manufacturer. It sells products ranging from fertilizer and flour to brand- name products such as Healthy Choice frozen dinners, Orville Redenbacher popcorn and Butterball turkeys. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ }}}> ANOMALOUS RADIO <{{{ - Techno, Ambient, Talk (33k+) http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=anomalous }}}> RADIO ANOMALY <{{{ - Techno, Ambient, Jazz (Cable, DSL) http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=stevew168 Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
