Reports Suggest China Approves Syngenta’s Viptera Corn

Chinese authorities have informed some agriculture industry officials the government has approved U.S. imports of a type of genetically modified corn developed by Syngenta AG, according to a report from Reuters, which cited articles from Agri-Pulse and Bloomberg.

It was also suggested that the approval was simply speculation based on large orders of distillers grains. According to Reuters “The sources said that even though China’s bio-safety committee had cleared the strain from a food safety standpoint, the agriculture ministry needed to give its stamp of approval.”

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“China’s Agriculture Ministry declined to comment and a Syngenta spokesman said in an email the firm would make an announcement on the import approval of Agrisure Viptera corn, known as MIR 162, when it receives official documentation,” the Reuters report said.

Read the Reuters story here.

 

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