Contamination Incident Shows How GMOs Can Damage Organic Industry

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As you get on into the article at the link you discover that not only is there a problem w/ GMO soy being where it's not supposed to be, but a possible(probable?) source is China which officiallydoesn't grow any GMO soy. Uh-huh. The NOP *may* investigate.And the COOL laws that were passed years ago*might* some day be enforced if and when the haves and the have mores kith and kin start getting sick and being affected by this poisoned substandard shit coming into our country. But until then as long as they can make a lousy dollar off of it that's all that matters, right? That's the American way?
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Contamination Incident Shows How GMOs Can Damage Organic Industry

* By Ken Roseboro, ed.
The Organic and Non-GMO Report, July/Aug 2007
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The June issue's lead story, "Questions of fraud raised by GMO-contaminated shipment of organic soybeans," focused on a disturbing GMO contamination incident that has pitted an organic processor against an organic supplier. The incident has resulted in financial losses, accusations, and talk of legal action. The US Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program (NOP) is reviewing the case to decide whether or not to investigate. This article provides more details about the incident.

Parm Randhawa was surprised by the results of a GMO test on samples of organic soybeans taken from a railcar. "The samples tested positive as much as 20% on one sample. That was quite high," says Randhawa, who operates California Seed and Plant Lab, a GMO testing lab based in Elverta, California.

Randhawa tested the soybeans after getting a positive GMO test result on organic soybean oil made from the beans. Detecting genetically modified material in oil is difficult because transgenic DNA breaks down from the heat of oil processing.

When asked about the high GMO level found in the organic soybeans, Randhawa says, "It is either from unintentional mixing of the railcar (with GM soybeans), or someone is trying to make money quick (by mixing GM soybeans with organic)."

Dispute over source of contamination

California Seed and Plant Lab conducted the test for Nevada Soy Products, a processor of organic soybean oil and meal, with offices in Citrus Heights, California.

Company owner Mary Jo Rablin says she lost $100,000 due to the GMO problem and her business has been shut down for a month. She says the GMO contamination came from a railcar of organic soybeans she had received from a supplier in the Midwestern US.
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1. Recommended ol chap!

I really feel for these peeps who've had their organic crops "invaded" by the insidious gmo.

I really appreciate your environmental activist threads, nosmokes!~