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• Organic Market Info: Another case of genetically modified wheat in the US (25th July 2019)
  

• UPI: USDA identifies unapproved GMO wheat growing wild in Washington (8th June 2019)
  

• Reuters: USDA investigates unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state (8th June 2019)
  

• France 24: Over 1m tonnes of animal feed in Europe may contain banned GMOs: report (23rd November 2018)
  

• Organic Market Info: Soybeans from Ukraine: Genetically modified and undeclared (22nd November 2018)
  

• Caixin: Famous Supplier at Center of Illegal Genetically Modified Corn Scandal (17th July 2018)
  

• Oregon Live: Escaped GMO bentgrass creates bitter divide in Eastern Oregon still (5th July 2018)
  

• CBC: South Korea suspends wheat and flour sales from Canada over GMO plants found in Alberta (18th June 2018)
  

• iPolitics: Trade minister calls EU after GMO wheat found (18th June 2018)
  

• CBC: Japan blocks Canadian wheat after unapproved GMO plants found in Alberta (15th June 2018)
  

• Reuters: Canada finds unapproved GMO wheat in Alberta (14th June 2018)
  

• Farm Futures: Nationwide GMO corn class action lawsuit settled for USD1.51 billion (13th March 2018)
  

• LiveMint: Govt: GM soybean imports only after regulator's approval (7th March 2018)
  

• The News: Nigeria to send back USD10m imported GM maize (15th November 2017)
  

• Reuters: Syngenta agrees to settle U.S. farmer lawsuits over GMO corn (26th September 2017)
  

• lobal Times: Tianjin authorities send 350 tons of imported GM clovers back to US (28th August 2017)
  

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  Independent Science News: Illegal GE Bacteria Detected in An Animal Feed Supplement (26th June 2017)
  

• Bloomberg: Syngenta Loses USD: 218 Million Verdict in First GMO Trial Test (26th June 2017)
  

• Bloomberg: Syngenta Defends GMO Corn as Merger Shifts Blame to China's Door (24th April 2017)
  

• Huffington Post: GMO-ethanol corn contamination raises concerns about another "StarLink" disaster (5th April 2017)
  

• Statesman Journal: Oregon may let farmers sue Monsanto, other GMO patent-holders, for crop contamination (16th March 2017)
  

• The Organic and Non-GMO Report: GMO-ethanol corn contamination raises concerns about another "StarLink" disaster (22nd February 2017)
  

• AgriPulse: Class action over Syngenta corn moves forward (9th December 2016)
  

• KTIC: Syngenta Pursues Appeal in Viptera Lawsuit (19th October 2016)
  

• St. Louis Post-Dispatch: U.S. farmer lawsuits over Syngenta GMO corn granted class status (27th September 2016)
  

• Capital Press: Japan defers Western white wheat purchases until new test in place (1st August 2016)
  

• News13: GMO wheat found in Washington state could affect US trade (29th July 2016)
  

• Reuters: USDA confirms unapproved GMO wheat found in Washington state (29th July 2016)
  

• Muscatine Journal: Midwest Corn Lawsuit continues the fight against Syngenta in court (14th June 2016)
  

• China Daily: Cases of illegal GM crops 'under control' (8th March 2016)
  

• Capital Press: Farmers challenge USDA's GMO bentgrass plan (2nd March 2016)
  

• Global Research: USDA Study Confirms GM Contamination Between GM and Non-GM Crops, Exposes Failure of "Coexistence" Policy (13th January 2016)
  

• ECNS: Liaoning pledges to investigate Greenpeace report of GM corn cultivation (7th January 2016)
  

• Times Union: Farmer corn trade lawsuits against Syngenta reach 2,000 (2nd November 2015)
  

• Feedstuffs: Ruling may move Syngenta corn litigation forward (28th September 2015)
  

• The Western Producer: Canada to unveil new GM tolerance policy (2nd July 2015)
  

• Lawyers and Settlements: Another Month, Another 300 Syngenta Lawsuits (19th May 2015)
  

• High Plains Mid West Ag Journal: Who is to blame when unapproved biotech traits enter international markets? (9th March 2015)
  

• Daily Mail: Calls for ban on 'toxic' GM corn after tests reveal wind can carry it 2.7 MILES, not 65 feet as previously claimed (5th March 2015)
  

• Organic Lifestyle (USA): Monsanto Has Ruined Our Honey - It's Contaminated With Glyphosates From Roundup (17th February 2015)
  

• Courthouse News Service: Archer Daniels Midland Says GMO Corn Is Killing U.S. Exports to China (24th November 2014)
  

• Tha Nation: Poison first, regulate later (16th November 2014)
  

• Greenpeace: Contamination from GE crops does happen: nearly 400 incidents since GE crops were introduced (12th November 2014)
  

• Great Falls Tribune: GMO wheat issue intensifies (26th October 2014)
  

• Reuters: U.S. farmers latest to sue Syngenta over GMO corn rejected by China (6th October 2014)
  

• Global Research: Monsanto Scandal Causes Reopening of US Investigation of GMO Wheat (6th October 2014)
  

• Capital Press: GMO test slows hay exports to China (25th September 2014)
  

• SFGate: GMO experiments receive questionable oversight (7th September 2014)
  

• Capital Press: Farmers, Monsanto reach tentative deal (5th September 2014)
  

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  Seattlepi: Gene-altered apple tested in Washington state (5th September 2014)
  

• Anhui: China Vows Zero Tolerance for GM Rice (30th July 2014)
  

• Sustainable Pulse: China's State Media Reveals Unapproved Genetically Modified Rice Is on the Market (29th July 2014)
  

• South China Morning Post: Genetically modified rice found for sale in Wuhan supermarket (28th July 2014)
  

• The Guardian: Does Australia need laws for 'biotrespass' to protect organic farms? (29th May 2014)
  

• Global Times: Corn concern (22nd April 2014)
  

• Sustainable Pulse: GM Crops Lead to Increase in Trade Disruptions - UN Report (13th March 2014)
  

• IPS: U.S. Farmers Report Widespread GM Crop Contamination (3rd March 2014)
  

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  Daily Finance: Monsanto's GMO Seeds May No Longer Be Invincible (13th February 2014)
  

• ABC: Landmark court case on genetically modified food production begins (10th February 2014)
  

• Capital Press: Alfalfa hay exporters want no part of the argument over GM crops (17th September 2013)
  

• ThinkProgress: How Government Regulators Predicted, And Then Ignored, The Latest GMO Contamination Scandal (16th September 2013)
  

• Oregon Live: Genetically modified alfalfa confirmed in Washington test sample (13th September 2013)
  

• Bloomberg: Washington Farmer Claims Monsanto Gene Tainted Alfalfa (11th September 2013)
  

• GreenMedInfoIllegal StarLink GM Corn Resurfaces in Saudi Arabian Food Supply (16th August 2013)
  

• Ottawa Citizen: Pooping Canada geese may have spread GM wheat seeds (23rd July 2013)
  

• WKNO 91.1: In Oregon, The GMO Wheat Mystery Deepens (17th July 2013)
  

• Nature News: Hunt for mystery GM wheat hots up (17th July 2013)
  

• MENAFN: Genetically modified wheat: Visit by Japan officials raises hope of resuming Pacific Northwest exports (16th July 2013)
  

• Reuters: Monsanto unapproved GMO wheat stored in Colorado through '11 (28th June 2013)
  

• Oregon Live: Genetically modified wheat: With investigation unresolved and harvest about to start, Oregon farmers seek answers (28th June 2013)
  

• Reuters: Japan eyes switch from western white wheat for 1st time in 53 yrs (28th June 2013)
  

• The Guardian: US Department of Agriculture probes Oregon Monsanto GM wheat mystery (22nd June 2013)
  

• Scoop: GMO Soybean Found Illegally Growing In Northern Belize (13th June 2013)
  

• iAfrica.com: Monsanto ends 8-yr GM freeze (7th June 2013)
  

• Daily Mail: America facing wheat export crisis as Europe and Japan lead the way in rejecting genetically modified crops (31st May 2013)
  

• Daily Mail: Fears that GM wheat is in exports to UK after it is discovered growing in the U.S. (31st May 2013)
  

• The Scientist: A Win for GM Crops (10th September 2012)
  

• Nasdaq: Bayer To Begin Paying $750 Million Settlement With US Rice Farmers (16th December 2011)
  

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