------ forwarded message ----- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:46:06 -0700 From: Teresa Binstock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: India Rejects US GM Foodaid and GM Corn-soya Blend Imports
India Rejects US GM Foodaid and GM Corn-soya Blend Imports (Sunday, March 9, 2003 -- CropChoice news) -- (Times News Network, NEW DELHI): At the end of a marathon four-hour meeting, the genetic engineering approval committee (GEAC) on Thursday rejected the US case for permitting import of corn-soya blend suspected to contain genetically-modified corn and meant for government aid schemes. "They were unable to satisfy our queries,'' said one official. GEAC wanted a certificate from the US and the aid agencies involved, CARE and Catholic Relief Services, that each consignment of corn-soya blend brought in as food aid would not contain StarLink, a variety of corn banned for human consumption. [rest of article at] http://www.cropchoice.com/leadstry.asp?RecID=1474 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?artid=39498133
