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	View Edit Domain: GreenBio Title: * Body: ST. LOUIS -- The first of several multi-jurisdictional civil trials that involve two Southeast Missouri rice farmers got underway Nov. 2 in St. Louis in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri with Judge Catherine D. Perry presiding. Much of the first week of the trial was spent on jury selection.<br /> <br /> The plaintiffs in the trial are Kenneth Bell Farms based in Bell City, Mo., and J.H. Hunter Farms based in Frisco, Mo.<br /> <br /> Approximately 300 cases have been filed by rice farmers in five states involving Bayer CropScience of North Carolina. Bayer CropScience is owned by Bayer AG of Monheim, Germany. Farmers in those states allege that Bayer CropScience contaminated the U.S. rice supply with non-approved genetically modified strains of rice. There were 75 Southeast Missouri rice farmers initially involved.<br /> <br /> Rice farmers who are part of the lawsuit allege that farmers incurred losses of over $1 billion due to the contamination.<br /> <br /> In August 2006, Bayer CropScience found trace amounts of a genetically modified rice, LLRICE601, in commercial rice samples taken in the United States and Europe. The findings resulted in a several countries halting U.S. rice imports, and new testing regulations were instituted by numerous others. <br /> <br /> © 2009 Southeast Missourian<br /> Captcha: Please Enter Code : * Time Zone: * Select the time zone Vocabularies Newsletter: Domain: Show summary in full view Input format Filtered HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Full HTML Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. news_filter Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. More information about formatting options			Related Articles Improving Crops from the Roots Up Agriculture biotech increases at RTP More GMO crop propagation seen Bt corn farms expanding Cotton stainer, future threat to Pakistan Rice seed yields blood protein Syngenta and Bayer CropScience Sign Global Cotton Technology... Bayer CropScience and the International Rice Research Instit... GM Rice Floods Nigeria, ERA Indicts U.S. Genetically modified rice leads to ruling against Bayer Crop... Top GreenBio Articles

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