Reporter Yan Cui sent from Hunan Miluo “My business was normal the day before yesterday. From yesterday, sales dropped to zero.†On March 17th, the city of Miluo in Yueyang, Hunan Province was bright in spring, but the boss of Longzhou Rice Factory in Dongchong Village, Honghua Township, Miluo City was frosty. Because the rice produced by its factory has just been exposed to genetically modified rice. The owner of the Longzhou Rice Factory admitted to the reporter of the “Daily Economic News†that the rice it processed was mainly from the area near Miluo City, but there were also a few from Hubei. The reporter’s investigation was informed that the local seed sales company had sold “Huahui 1†and “Bt Shanyou 63â€, which were illicitly cultivated in 2005 in Huaihua City, Hunan Province, but the reporter has not found any sales in the region. “The GM rice varieties in Huaihua, Hunan Province, are likely to have flowed into other provinces and cities in 2005, and may not be the two rice varieties, but rather other rice varieties produced by the cross between these two rice varieties.†Greenpeace Food and Agriculture Project Team Director Luo Yuannan said on the 17th. Dragon boat rice plant sales dropped to zero Dragon boat rice factory has a certain reputation in the local area. However, when the reporter arrived at the rice factory, he accidentally discovered that the door was closed. A 50-year-old man rushed out of the door, he claimed to be the owner of the dragon boat rice factory, but resolutely refused to be named. He said that since the media reported, sales have dropped to zero. The owner of the Dragon Boat Factory said, “Either the GM rice was actually planted from Hunan or Hubei; some people deliberately framed it and dumped the rice.†The owner of the rice plant also told reporters that on March 16th, Hunan's agricultural departments at all levels had already come to the factory, and five samples were taken back for testing. If the test result is a genetically modified product, he will take responsibility; but if the product does not detect genetically modified components, "What about my loss?" Transgenic rice seeds were sold locally Where does the GM rice from Dragon Boat Rice come from? According to a rice industry processing professional who introduced to the "Daily Economic News", many products have a sales radius, and rice processing plants have a shorter procurement radius, and generally do not exceed 100 kilometers. Therefore, most of the rice in the Dragon Boat Rice Factory comes from the local area. According to public information, the distance between Yueyang and Changsha in Miluo City is less than 100 kilometers. It is a famous grain production area in neighboring cities. "Daily Economic News" reporter visited the village near the Dragon Boat Rice Factory on the 17th, the seed sales point in the township, and the labor market south of the Miluo City. When asked if there are GM rice varieties sold, “Huahui 1†and “Bt Shanyou 63,†most of the bosses said: “That was the rice species that had been eliminated before.†At the same time, some bosses clearly told the reporter that the former The species is early rice and the latter is late rice. It was sold about three or four years ago. Miluo planted genetically modified rice for several years So, did Milo City sell or grow genetically modified rice in these years? “Three years ago, there were people who were planning to go to Hainan to buy 'Bt Elite 63,' and we banned it, but we still bought a part of it, but we have already confiscated it and destroyed it.†Wang Yiping, deputy director of the Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, March 17 He said in a telephone interview with the Daily Economic News reporter. However, one local farmer, Huang Maoguo (a pseudonym), told reporters of the “Daily Economic News†disapprovingly that the planting of genetically modified rice near Jurassic was 3 to 5 years old, and that his family planted genetically modified rice! Huang introduced that the rice seeds were purchased from large local rice cultivation companies. Because of the large number of farmers, seeds are generally purchased through Changsha, and they can also be purchased through some seed companies, but they are more expensive. How reliable is Huang? The reporter then inquired about more farmers in the area, but most people were stunned because they did not know what the terms were very strong and related to the rice they planted. “In the past few days, the agricultural sector has established a project investigation team, which is investigating various seed sales markets in Miluo City.†Wang Yiping told reporters that no genetically modified seeds have been found in the survey. Strong seed resistance is not necessarily genetically modified A major feature of genetically modified rice is high yield and disease resistance. The reporter visited and discovered the "Zhuliangyou 30" of Longping Seed Industry, the "Shennon Dafeng 10" of Shennong Dafeng Seed Industry and the "Zhuliangyou" of Yahua Seed Industry. "Three kinds of rice seeds, the comprehensive index of rice blast disease is only between the 1st and 3rd grade, and it is "with almost no disease" in the words of the owner of the seed company, and the output is as high as 600 kg/mu. Of course, not all high-yield, disease-resistant rice is genetically modified rice. “Where did you see the kind of rice seed that was particularly resistant to pests and diseases?†When the reporter talked about discovering the existence of the above-mentioned three kinds of special disease-resistant pests and particularly high-yielding rice seeds, Deputy Director Wang Yiping excitedly asked this question repeatedly on the phone. problem. In the end, Wang Yiping calmly replied: "This time, genetically modified rice is unlikely to come from Milo, and rice seeds are resistant to pests and diseases, and they are not necessarily genetically modified." 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GM rice seeds have been sold in Hunan Miluo suspected to have been planted for many years