date:Apr 03, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a one sentence statement on April 1 announcing it has reinstated a no-genetic modification statement for use by rice exporters and others in the industry.
There are no transgenic rice varieties for sale or in commercial production in the United States at this time, the U.S.D.A.s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration said.
In August 2006, the U.S.D.A. announced that a genetically modified variety of rice known as LibertyLink and develo