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BREAKING: Oregon GMO Wheat Was Stored In Government-Controlled Facility
GMO wheat found recently in Oregon is now believed to have been stored in a government-controlled facility until at least the early days of 2012. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigation into the genetically modified wheat reportedly revealed that the Oregon wheat was kept at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Documents relating to the storage of the genetically engineered wheat obtained by Reuters include details between the Colorado government-controlled facility and Monsanto. The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation facility can reportedly maintain seeds for decades without losing any of their viability. Such a seed preservation time span cannot allegedly be reached at a conventional storage facility.
Monsanto has called the GMO wheat found in the Oregon field an act of sabotage. The biotech giant reportedly claimed previously that someone had covertly gained access to the GE wheat, which had been made to be resistant to Monsanto’s top-selling Roundup Ready pesticide. The company further maintained that the genetically modified wheat planted in Oregon was specifically done to damage Monsanto’s work with biotech crops.
The GE wheat was developed by Monsanto between 1998 and 2005, but was never approved for commercial sale. The preservation of the wheat at a government-controlled facility in Colorado seems to fly in direct contradiction with a statement from the biotech company that was released after the discovery in an Oregon field:
“At our direction, the seed was destroyed … as it was old material and we had no plans for its future use.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2013/07/05/breaking-oregon-gmo-wheat-was-stored-in-government-controlled-facility/
