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Russia Bans All U.S. Corn and Soy Imports Due to GMO Contamination

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Russia’s food safety regulator Rosselkhoznadzor just announced a complete ban starting February 15 on all US corn and soy imports. This is a huge blow to organic and GM farmers alike, though the ban will be instated due to genetically modified crop and microbial contamination.

Though the total exports to Russia from the US are small in comparison to soybean exports, totaling over $156 million in recent years, with Russia importing only 4,742 metric tons of U.S. corn, the ban will still hurt US farmers.

Assistant Director of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Alexey Alekseenko said:

“Restrictions will be imposed on imports starting from February 15. They (the US) have to establish a system to ensure safety of products imported to Russia.”

China has issued similar bans in the past due to GM contamination, and only recently did an “about face” on the issue. US corn exports to the country recently dropped by 85% after a report detailing GM contamination was released.

Putin recently said that Russians need to be protected from GM crops. The food latest ban follows that credo. According to the regulator, the corn imported from the US is often infected with dry rot of maize. In addition, according to the Russian watchdog, corn can be used for transgenic crops in Russia. The potential damage from import and spread of quarantinable objects on the territory of Russia is estimated at 10-15 bln rubles ($126 mln-189 mln) annually.

So, a combination of microbial disease and genetically mutated genes are both a concern for Russia, China, and multiple other countries who are refusing GM imports from the US.

Just months ago, President Putin’s meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry revealed the Russian leaders “extreme outrage” over the Obama regimes continued protection of global seed and plant bio-genetic giants Syngenta and Monsanto.

 


Source: http://naturalsociety.com/russia-bans-us-corn-soy-imports-gmo-contamination-68597/


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    • Ralban

      Don’t blame the Russians a bit. Most Americans don’t want to eat it either.

    • Judge Roy Bean

      Smart, maybe we can buy Russian food, sure don’t want the stuff that China produces.

    • tonyw

      anyway….so much for the sanctions the usa has placed on Russia
      obviously it is only for the rest of the world to suffer not america
      a case of do as I say not as I do
      Still I must applaud Russia for helping rid us of these corporate plagues

    • Arlene Johnson

      Way to go Russia. Consider banning them from Canada too where GM seeds blew onto the farm of Percy Schmeiser,
      who Monsanto sued for accepting in which the Canadian Supreme Court ruled in Monsanto´s favor. You can read the
      articles at the beginning of my 15th edition which is at http://www.truedemocracy.net/td15/index.html

      Peace,

      Arlene Johnson
      Publisher/Author
      http://www.truedemocracy.net
      To access the rest of my work, click on the icon that says Magazine.

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