Test Results Indicate No Liberty Link in 2009 US Rice Crop

Results of the voluntary testing of the 2009 rice crop for the presence of genetically-engineered Liberty Link (LL) trait, released by the USA Rice Federation on January 26, 2010, showed that all tested negative. The tests were conducted since 2006 upon the announcement of the United States Department of Agriculture in August 18, 2006 that long-grain US rice contains the LL601 trait. This announcement resulted to trade disruption and export of US rice, which were either stopped or testing requirements were placed on the US-grown rice.

Voluntary testing of each rice crop at harvest began in 2006 as part of the Seed Plan. This testing complements mandatory testing of seed before each planting season in rice-growing states via an industry-wide effort to remove as much as possible the LL601 trait. This recent pronouncement therefore indicates the continued success of the plan to remove the LL601 trait from the commercial long-grain supply.

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