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Some Farmers Asking Who Is Liable?

By Allan Dawson March 25, 2010

Saskatchewan farmer Gordon Nodge asked the question that’s on a lot of farmers’ minds: Who’s to blame for the contamination of Canada’s flax by CDC Triffid? “The liability for the inadvertent leak and subsequent contamination (of Canada’s non-GM flax) must lay somewhere,” said the farmer from Swift Current, Sask., during a conference call March 18

News, Oilseeds

Saved Flax OK If It Tests GM Free

By Allan Dawson March 11, 2010

The flax industry has reversed an earlier decision requiring farmers to sow only certified seed this year after finding contamination by the genetically modified CDC Triffid in more cultivars. Prairie flax growers can continue sowing farm-saved seed provided it tests negative for traces of genetically modified (GM) CDC Triffid, flax growers were told at a

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Council Decides To Go With Certified Seed

By Flax Council Of Canada January 28, 2010

Aplan to require all flax shipments to Europe to be grown from certified seed represents the best opportunity to restore access to the largest export market for Canadian farmers. Canadian flax sales to Europe have been severely restricted since traces of CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) variety, were discovered in some shipments. The council

Crops, Oilseeds

Certified Seed Part Of Triffid Solution

By Allan Dawson January 21, 2010

“What we’re trying to do is find a path forward so we can eradicate or eliminate Triffid from our flax production. That’s the goal.” – RICHARD WANSBUTTER The ongoing CDC Triffid saga could end farmers’ practice of saving flaxseed from year to year, industry sources say. Not all the details have been worked out, but

News, Oilseeds

Japan Finds GMOs In Canadian Flax

November 26, 2009

“If the GMO material exceeds one per cent, it cannot be used for animal feed.” – JAPANESE FARM MINISTRY OFFICIAL Japan has found genetically modified flaxseed, which has not been approved by Japan, in imports from Canada, Health Ministry officials said Nov. 16. In Japan, the bulk of flaxseed is used to produce oil for

Cereals, Oilseeds, Opinion

Wake-Up Call

By Laura Rance-Unger October 1, 2009

There’s much we don’t know and may never know in the so-called Triffid Affair that has devastated Canada’s flax industry in the past month. In fact, all we do know about this development so far is that buyers in Canada’s most important flax market believe they have identified small quantities of the genetically modified variety

News, Oilseeds

CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

By Allan Dawson September 17, 2009

Like a movie monster that refuses to die, CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) Canadian flax deregistered in 2001, has surfaced in Germany, European Union (EU) officials believe. And flax prices have plummeted just as farmers feared they might when they lobbied to have the variety voluntarily pulled from the market. Although the Canadian Food

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Some Farmers Asking Who Is Liable?

Saved Flax OK If It Tests GM Free

Flax Council Decides To Go With Certified Seed

Certified Seed Part Of Triffid Solution

Japan Finds GMOs In Canadian Flax

Wake-Up Call

CdC Triffid Flax Scare Threatens Access To No. 1 EU Market

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