US corn rejected by China due to GM regulations

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">China's quality watchdog announced on Wednesday that the nation has recently rejected 120,643 tonnes of corn imports from the United States which contain unapproved genetically modified content.</span><br /> <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <!-- End BidVertiser code --> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> ( function() { if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; }; var unit = {"publisher":"milevski21","width":300,"height":250,"sid":"Chitika Default"}; var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length; window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit); document.write('<div id="chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '"></div>'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = '//cdn.chitika.net/getads.js'; try { document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s); } catch(e) { document.write(s.outerHTML); } }()); </script> <div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><img alt="A farmer puts his harvested corn in his truck in Gongzhuling, Jilin province, Oct. 12. (Photo/Xinhua)" src="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/newsphoto/2013-12-05/450/CC03X0129H_2013%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87_N71_copy1.JPG" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5959300518432319010" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Local entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus in the southern port city of Shenzhen, Fujian and Shandong provinces found MIR162, a type of insect-resistant GM corn, among five batches of 120,643 tonnes of corn imported from the United States, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;">MIR162 is not authorized by China's Ministry of Agriculture, and the three bureaus returned the batches of imports, in compliance with China's regulations for genetically modified agricultural products, said the AQSIQ.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;">The AQSIQ has notified US authorities of the find, hoping they will order the corn exporters concerned to strengthen inspection and quarantine procedures for exports to China in conformity with Chinese law.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;">In November this year, local authorities in Shenzhen also rejected US corn imports containing MIR162.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Source: <a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131205000126&cid=1102&MainCatID=0" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20131205000126&cid=1102&MainCatID=0</a></div><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br /> <!-- Begin BidVertiser code --> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <!-- End BidVertiser code --> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> ( function() { if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; }; var unit = {"publisher":"milevski21","width":300,"height":250,"sid":"Chitika Default"}; var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length; window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit); document.write('<div id="chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '"></div>'); var s = document.createElement('script'); s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = '//cdn.chitika.net/getads.js'; try { document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(s); } catch(e) { document.write(s.outerHTML); } }()); </script> <!-- BEGIN TAG - DO NOT MODIFY --><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ epom_key = "585a1f37f0a87ff49f68b4ff36bf96f4"; epom_channel = ""; epom_code_format = "ads"; epom_ads_host = "//www.adshost2.com"; epom_click = ""; epom_custom_params = {}; epom_width = "728"; epom_height = "90"; document.write("<script type='text\/javascript' src='"+(location.protocol == 'https:' ? 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US corn rejected by China due to GM regulations

China's quality watchdog announced on Wednesday that the nation has recently rejected 120,643 tonnes of corn imports from the United Sta...

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