Incident details
Region/Continent and country: |
Oceania / Australia |
Category of incident: |
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What was contaminated: |
Seed |
GM organism involved: |
Oilseed rape/canola |
Year incident occurred: |
2003 |
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Route of contamination |
Failure post-harvest segregation |
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Australia - contaminated oilseed rape seed imported from US
In Western Victoria, Cargill was conducting trials with conventional oilseed rape. At two sites, the seed was found to be contaminated with herbicide tolerant GM material. The seed had already been planted so was removed by officals and taken for disposal.
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Further information
Farmers hit out at GM seeds bungle The Age, Australia 9 May 2004 >
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