Davis, California
December 1, 2004
The United States
Department of Agriculture fined
Seminis and The Scotts Co.
a total of $5,625 for improper shipments of biotech-enhanced
tomato seeds to the University of California, Davis over the
course of seven years.
UC Davis was not
fined and has implemented new protocols to ensure enhanced seeds
are labeled as such when it receives seed shipments.
Source:
The Sacramento
Bee via
Bio SmartBrief |