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Oct. 30, 2000 WASHINGTON (AP) - Pledging to do a thorough review before allowing a variety of gene-altered corn in food, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans Monday for a 30-day public comment period and formal consultations with scientists.

LONDON, United Kingdom, October 26, 2000 (ENS) - The threat of climate change and increasing demands on water supplies have prompted the United Kingdom's farmers to launch a water conservation campaign today.

Reuters / By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. grain exporters expressed relief on Friday after the government lifted export restrictions on shipments tainted with traces of an unapproved biotech corn, allowing shipments of previously banned corn to Latin America, Asia and Europe.

The People's Caravan 2000 - Land and Food Without Poisons! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 October 2000 PRESS RELEASE Trade Liberalisation Still Forging Ahead with Dangerous Consequences for Developing Countries

October 27, 2000 / Reuters WASHINGTON - The U.S. Agriculture Department will, according to this story, publish a notice in November asking grain exporters, farm groups, food manufacturers and others if government rules are needed to ensure the strict segregation of gene-altered crops, such as StarLink corn.

In September 2000, family farmers learned that StarLink corn, a genetically modified Bt feed corn invented by Aventis Crop-Science in France and sold in the US by various seed companies, had contaminated a variety of human food products.

By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. grain exporters expressed relief on Friday after the government lifted export restrictions on shipments tainted with traces of an unapproved biotech corn, allowing shipments of previously banned corn to Latin America, Asia and Europe.

By Randy Fabi WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - U.S. grain exporters expressed relief on Friday after the government lifted export restrictions on shipments tainted with traces of an unapproved biotech corn, allowing shipments of previously banned corn to Latin America, Asia and Europe.