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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:53:30 EST
Subject: Greenpeace finds Heinz Baby Rice Cereal contaminated by
illegal GE rice
Greenpeace finds Heinz Baby Rice Cereal contaminated by illegal GE
rice
14/3/2006
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/userobject1a
i1914822.html
Greenpeace announced in Beijing today that non-approved
genetically-engineered (GE) rice has been detected in Heinz's Baby
Rice Cereal and the environmental group called for an immediate
recall of all the contaminated products.
It also asked on the government to control the spread of GE rice in
the food chain.
The test results were provided by GeneScan, a Germany-based
independent laboratory, which tested 19 food samples that Greenpeace
had collected in the supermarkets in Beijing.
Heinz Baby Rice Cereal with a best before date of March 12, 2007 is
the only product where GE ingredients, namely Bt rice, were detected.
The GE rice variety is developed to be resistant to pest but has not
been approved by the government.
We were completely shocked by the result, said Steven Ma, GE
campaigner for Greenpeace China.
It is the first time we found illegal GE rice in baby food, which
should have been subject to the
most rigorous surveillance.
In 2000 Mexican scientists found that the Bt protein (Cry1Ac) which
comes from GE rice has been
found to induce allergic responses in mice, Ma said.
On March 1, Greenpeace notified Heinz China of its finding, asking
for an immediate recall of the product and for the company to change
its suppliers.
Donald Gadsden, CEO of Heinz China, replied on March 8 that Heinz
will take any alerts seriously
and we are now conducting a thorough inspection.
As of March 14, Heinz had not responded with further information
about its inspection.
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