In September 2006, 2 bags of US food aid and 1 commercial rice product in Sierra Leone were tainted with LLRICE601 after testing organised by Friends of the Earth Africa. Sierra Leona was the top 6 importers of USAID rice in 2005.
In a joint press statement Friends of the Earth Africa and the African Center for Biosafety urged African countries to monitor US rice imports and to recall all shipments contaminated with the GM rice.
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