China Expected to Release Decision on GM Corn Imports
December 17, 2014| |
The Chinese government is expected to release their decision on importation of Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera corn (MIR162) from the U.S. soon. The approval would be important because U.S. corn trading with China has stopped since Beijing began turning away cargoes containing MIR162 corn in November 2013. According to the National Grain and Feed Association, the rejections of shipments containing MIR162 cost losses of approximately US$1billion.
Read more at http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2014/12/16/syngenta-expects-chinese-to-ok-gm-corn-embroiled-in-lawsuits/.
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