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Article: Grain Inspectors Find StarLink Corn In 9 Percent of Samples Taken Since November 15.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Food & Drink Weekly
- Article date:
- May 7, 2001
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StarLink, the genetically engineered corn whose traces prompted the recall of hundreds of snack products last year, has turned up in nearly one-tenth of 110,000 grain tests performed by federal inspectors around the country since November, USDA says. Often the amount is low -- just a handful of kernels -- but the finding has surprised specialists. They worry that the prevalence of StarLink, which was approved only for animal use out of concern it can cause allergic reactions in humans, is far greater than the fraction of cropland on which it was planted.
The tests are forcing grain companies to channel large volumes of corn away from the US food supply and export ...