Genetically modified rice: Difference between revisions

In the summer of 2006, the [[USDA]] detected trace amounts of LibertyLink variety 601 in rice shipments ready for export. LL601 was not approved for food purposes.<ref name =NYTGMR>{{cite news|author=Bloomberg News |title=Bayer Settles With Farmers Over Modified Rice Seeds |publisher=New York Times |date=1 July 2011 |url=http://NYTimes.com }}</ref> Bayer applied for deregulation of LL601 in late July and the [[USDA]] granted deregulation status in November 2006.<ref name=aphis>{{cite web|publisher=USDA |title=USDA DEREGULATES LINE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED RICE |website=USDA.gov |date=24 November 2006 |accessdate=11 November 2011 |url=http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/11/rice_deregulate.shtml |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005012432/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/content/2006/11/rice_deregulate.shtml |archivedate=5 October 2011 }}</ref> The contamination led to a dramatic dip in rice futures markets with losses to farmers who grew rice for export.<ref name=NYTGMR/> Approximately 30 percent of rice production and 11,000 farmers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas were affected.<ref name=NYTGMR/> In June 2011 [[Bayer]] agreed to pay 750 million dollars in damages and lost harvests.<ref name=NYTGMR/> Japan and Russia suspended rice imports from the U.S., while Mexico and the European Union refused to imposed strict testing. The contamination occurred between 1998 and 2001.<ref name="Berry">{{cite web|last=Berry |first=Ian |title=Bayer to Pay Rice Farmers for Gene Contamination |publisher= The Wall Street Journal |website=WSJ.com |date=1 July 2011 |accessdate=8 March 2012 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304450604576420330493480082}}</ref> The exact cause of the contamination was not discovered.