Biotech crop gets into food chain
A test strain of genetically modified cotton was accidentally harvested and mixed in with other harvested cotton in Texas last month, but Food and Drug Administration officials said this week they do not believe the incident poses safety concerns.
About a quarter of a ton of the experimental cottonseed engineered to contain a protein that produces a pesticide was combined with about 60 tons of commercial cotton growing nearby.
About half the cotton was processed into cottonseed oil and animal feed and used in feedlots before the mistake was discovered.
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