Oregon wheat contamination still a mystery

 

On Monday, investigators working with the US Department of Agriculture’s plant inspection agency APHIS released the first progress update in nearly two months on the search for the source of genetically modified wheat found growing in a farmer’s field in Oregon.

 

USDA personnel have been investigating the incident, as well as searching for other GM plants which could have outcrossed into the wild, for almost three months, but APHIS had little new information to report on Monday. The Agency did reveal that no GM wheat has been detected in commercial supplies, and that no other plants have been found growing wild.

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