GMO Food

Unapproved GMO wheat found in Oregon; Japan cancels US wheat imports.

By Nicholson Price One fear about GMOs is that they will escape whatever controls are placed them and end up in the wild.  A version of that story appears to have come true in the wheat industry this week, when the USDA announced that farmers in Oregon had discovered an unexpected and unapproved patch of…

By Nicholson Price

One fear about GMOs is that they will escape whatever controls are placed them and end up in the wild.  A version of that story appears to have come true in the wheat industry this week, when the USDA announced that farmers in Oregon had discovered an unexpected and unapproved patch of Roundup-Ready genetically modified wheat in a conventional wheat field.  Monsanto developed Roundup-Ready wheat (which is not resistant to its Roundup herbicide) and tested it between 1998 and 2005, but it was never approved for sale and was discontinued.  Japan has cancelled or suspended orders of wheat from the Pacific Northwest in response.

h/t to Grubstreet; see also recent posts on GMOs and the environment and on Monsanto’s patent protection of GMOs.