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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo/united states

France and Sweden detect presence of unauthorised GMO LL601 on their markets - Confirmation awaited

Brussels, 12/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Both France and Sweden have detected American rice GMO LL601, which is banned in the EU, on their markets. These findings have now to be verified using other analyses. A diplomatic source said on Tuesday that, using generic screening, these two Member States had detected traces of the GMO in rice samples. This will only be confirmed if there are positive findings using one of the two validated detection methods for LL601.

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