GM Concerns Over US Soya-Corn Concerns
have been expressed over shipments of soya-corn from the US.
Most recently, India has rejected a large ___1___
of soya-corn from the United States saying it might ___2___
a genetically-modified food which has been ___3___
by US authorities. The Hindustan Times newspaper reported ___4___
India rejected the 1000-ton ___5___
recently as it lacked proper ___6___
to say that the corn was not genetically modified. The paper
said that officials ___7___
that the shipment may contain ___8___
of Starlink corn, which has been banned for human ___9___
in the United States. "We didn't want to take ___10___
," said an official from the Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee, a part of the Environment Ministry. "All we wanted
was an oath ___11___
an appropriate authority saying that it was not Starlink." The
shipment was ___12___
of imports by two US-based non-governmental organizations to
make food for poor schoolchildren in India. The US has appealed
___13___ the decision,
saying that the committee had not properly ___
14___
the reasons for rejecting the shipment. "The appeal is up for ___15___,"
said a spokesperson for the Committee. |