date:Aug 22, 2013
h experimental biotech crops have eluded efforts to keep them contained.
A type of biotech rice developed by Bayer AG to resist herbicide was not approved for consumption but still showed up in the food supply in 2006. Its presence in the U.S. crop led Japan and the European Union to restrict U.S. rice from crossing their borders, triggering a plunge in rice prices. More than 7,000 long-grain rice producers claimed damages.
Traces of an unapproved genetically modified trait for corn were found