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USDA Fact Sheet 8/06:
“Genetically Engineered Rice” |
Link to August 2006 Press Release |
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USDA
Statement 8/18/06: “Statement By Agricultural
Secretary Mike Johanns Regarding Genetically
Modified Rice” |
Link to 8/18/06 News Release |
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USDA News
Release 8/24/06: “Statement By James Link,
Administrator of the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration Regarding the Validation
of Testing For Genetically Modified Rice”
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Link to 8/24/06 News Release |
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USDA APHIS
Letter and Revised Petition 8/28/06: “Corrections to
the Petition for Extension of a Determination of
Nonregulated Status for Glufosinate Tolerant Rice
event LLRICE601. 06-234-01p”
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Link to 2006 Letter and Petition |
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USDA GIPSA
News Release 9/1/06: “USDA Verifies Performance of
Test Kit to Detect LibertyLink Event LL601 Rice Pat
Protein in Rice” |
Link to 9/1/06 News Release |
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USDA News
release 9/15/06 : “GIPSA Verifies Performance of
Test Kit to Detect Liberty Link 601 Protein in Rough
Rice” |
Link to 9/15/06 article |
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USDA
APHIS: 10/11/06 “Comments to USDA/APHIS on a
Petition to Deregulate Bayer Rice LL601 – Docket No.
APHIS-2006-0140” |
Link to 10/11/06 Document |
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USDA APHIS
FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) 11/24/06:
“Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,
Extension of Nonregulated Status to Rice Line
LLRICE601” |
Link to 2006 Article |
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USDA APHIS
Environmental Assessment 11/24/06: “In response to
Bayer CropScience Petition 06-234-01P seeking
Extension of Determination of Non-regulated Status
for Glufosinate Resistant rice, Oryza sativa,
even LLRICE 601”
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Link to 2006 Environmental Assessment (p.26) |
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USDA APHIS
USDA Concludes Genetically Engineered Rice Investigation 11/24/06: “USDA Provides Update for
Farmers on Genetically Engineered Rice” |
Link to 11/24/06 News Release |
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USDA APHIS
News Release 3/22/07: “USDA Identifies Safe Protein
in Clearfield 131 Rice Seed” |
Link to 3/22/07 News Release |
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USDA GIPSA
News Article “Sampling Pools of Seeds for the
LibertyLink Trait in Rice” |
Link to Article |
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USDA APHIS
News Release 10/05/07:
“USDA Concludes Genetically Engineered Rice Investigation” |
Link to 10/05/07 News Release |
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USDA APHIS
Report 10/05/07:
“Report of LibertyLink Rice Incidents ” |
Link to 10/05/07 News Release |
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USDA APHIS
Lessons Learned 10/05/07:
“ APHIS’ Biotechnology Framework ” |
Link to 10/05/07 Lessons Learned |
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News Articles |
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Good Citizenship or Good
Business,
Nature Genetics, Vol. 36, No. 10, October
2004 |
Link to Article |
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David
Bennett, Plots Look at Red Rice in
Clearfield/Liberty Link Crops,
Delta Farm
Press, Aug. 3, 2006 |
Link to 8/3/06 article |
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Allison
Retka, Contaminated Rice Crops Spur Twin Class
Actions in Missouri,
St. Louis
Daily Record, Sept. 19, 2006 |
Link to 9/19/06 Article
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Rick
Weiss, Firm Blames Farmers, ‘Act of God’ for Rice
Contamination,
The
Washington Post, Nov. 22, 2006 |
Link to 11/22/06 Article |
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Matt
Sanders, Biotech Firm Blames Farmers, Act of God
for Rice Contamination,
Southeast
Missourian, Nov. 23, 2006 |
Link to 11/23/06 Article |
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Christopher Lee, Genetically Engineered Rice Wins
USDA Approval,
The
Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2006 |
Link to 11/25/06 Article |
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Jessica
Fraser, USDA Approves Genetically Engineered Rice
that Contaminated U.S. Food Supply; Safety Tests
Skipped,
News Target, Nov. 29, 2006 |
Link to 11/29/06 Article |
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The
Associated Press, 13 Lawsuits Over Accidental
Spread of Genetically Altered Rice Could be Combined
into One,
International
Herald Tribune, Nov. 30, 2006 |
Link to 11/30/06 Article |
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Allison
Retka, Farmer Class Action Seeks Missouri Venue,
St. Louis Daily Record & St. Louis Countian,
Dec. 1, 2006 |
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Christopher Leonard, Feds Combine Lawsuits by
Rice Farmers,
International Business Times, Dec. 20, 2006 |
Link to 12/20/06 Article |
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Allison Retka,
Lawsuits Brought by Midwest Rice Farmers are
Consolidated and Heard,
St. Louis
Daily Record & St. Louis Countian, Dec. 22,
2006 |
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Rick
Weiss, Rice Recalled Over Gene Contamination,
The
Washington Post, Mar. 6, 2007 |
Link to 3/6/07 Article |
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Rick
Weiss, Rice Industry Troubled by Genetic
Contamination,
The
Washington Post, Mar. 11, 2007 |
Link to 3/11/07 Article |
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Allison
Retka, St. Louis Attorneys Will Face Off in GMO
Class-Action,
St. Louis
Daily Record, May 4, 2007 |
Link to 5/4/07 Article |
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Billion-Dollar Rice Dispute,
St. Louis Business Journal, May 11, 2007 |
Link to 5/11/07 Article |
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David
Bennett, GM Rice – Proposed Class Action,
Delta Farm
Press, May 28, 2007 |
Link to 5/28/07 Article |
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Extracts,
GM Rice Lawsuits - U.S. Claims Exceed $1
Billion,
Lobby Watch, May 29, 2007 |
Link to 5/29/07 Extracts |
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Nancy
Cole, Bayer Testing 2nd Modified Rice in State,
Arkansas
Democrat-Gazette, June 19, 2007 |
Link to 6/19/07 Article |
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Denise
Caruso, A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher
Look at Biotech,
The New York
Times, Jul. 1, 2007 |
Link to 7/1/07 Article |
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Marc
Gunther, Attack of the Mutant Rice,
Fortune,
July 2, 2007
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Link to 7/2/07 Article |
David Bennett,
Lawyers Warn Against Quick Decisions on GM Rice,
Delta Farm
Press, Aug. 23, 2007
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Link to 8/23/07 Article |
Nancy Cole, Rice-Taint Dead End Dismays Growers, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Oct. 6, 2007
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Link to 10/06/07 Article |
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Industry
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US. Rice Producers Association,
Secretary Johanns: “Give Our Farmers Good Access
to World Markets…” ,
The Rice
Advocate, Vol. 2 Issue 27, Jul. 8, 2005 |
No longer
available on line
www.usriceproducers.com |
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Bruce I.
Knight, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs, Address at the USA Rice Outlook
Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Rice: Challenges Today,
Opportunities Tomorrow (Dec. 4, 2006) |
Link to Speech on 12/4/06 |
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Press Releases |
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Press Release, Associated
Press, Genetically Altered Rice Suits Combines (Dec.
19, 2006) |
Link to 12/19/06 Press Release |
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Press
Release, PRNewswire via COMTEX, Adam J. Levitt, of
Wolf Haldenstein, Appointed Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead
Counsel in In re Genetically Modified Rice
Litigation, MDL 1811 (E.D. Mo.) (Apr. 25, 2007) |
Link to 4/25/07 Press Release |
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Press
Release, BusinessNews, Don Downing in St. Louis
Appointed Plaintiffs’ Co-Lead Counsel in Suit on
Behalf of Hundreds of Rice Farmers (Aug. 7, 2007) |
Link to 8/7/07 Press Release |
