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Article: U.S. to test Japan-bound corn for unapproved grain; StarLink:The country imports about 16 million metric tons of corn from the United States
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- November 4, 2000
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Corn being shipped to Japan to be used in food
will be tested for the presence of StarLink grain, the gene-altered
variety that slipped into the U.S. food supply without being
approved for human consumption, said the Agriculture Department.
As the largest foreign buyer of U.S. corn, Japan accepted the
testing plans on Friday, said Tim Galvin, administrator of USDA's
Foreign Agricultural Service.
The testing will provide "assurances that it's not going to find
its way into the food supply in Japan," Galvin said.
Meanwhile Friday, a Utah company became the third processor to
recall corn products because of a positive test for StarLink. Wilson
Foods said the corn tortillas it ...