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Triffid seed threatens flax industry http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1264009363
Canadian flax seed has been shut out of its largest market after traces of Triffid -- a genetically modified form of the crop ordered destroyed 10 years ago -- was found in shipments.
The European Union, which buys 70 per cent of Canada's flax, has a zero-tolerance policy regarding genetically modified organisms and has been turning away shipments.
Officials say Canada's entire $320-million industry is threatened.
But efforts to correct the situation are being thwarted because it's not clear where the genetically modified flax is coming from. An industry-wide scramble has been on to weed out the offending seed since the problem was discovered in September....
The flax was genetically engineered to contain genes from a weed added to it, allowing it to grow in soil contaminated by herbicides.
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