- Two major U.S. grain groups are asking Syngenta (NYSE:SYT) to suspend commercial use in the U.S. of two genetically modified strains of corn not currently approved in China.
- The request follows rejection of multiple cargoes of U.S. corn by Chinese authorities since November because they contained SYT's Agrisure Viptera GMO trait (MIR 162).
- SYT's intended launch of its Duracade corn variety this year "risks repeating and extending the damage" caused by its shipments containing Viptera before China had granted regulatory approval, the groups say.