Biopharm Crops

[LWolf]

GE Pharm Crops: Even more foolhardy than trying to force-feed
unwilling consumers GE wheat and rice are the "pharm" crops-whereby
pharmaceutical drugs or industrial chemicals are being gene-spliced into corn and other farm crops, in effect turning plants or animals into "bioreactors." There have already been 300 secret field trials of these pharm crops in the U.S. by Monsanto and other companies, 2/3 of them utilizing corn, a crop noted for spreading its pollen (and genetic characteristics) far and wide. In March the OCA joined the Center for Food Safety and other groups to file a legal petition to stop the planting of biopharm crops.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/030503_biotech_usda.cfm

As Monsanto admitted to investors in its most recent 10k report,
biopharm crops will likely spread their pollen and seeds into the
environment, resulting in more Starlink-type food recalls. As Frank Dixon, Managing Director at Innovest Strategic Value Advisors put it "The risk of heavy financial losses due to genetic pollution or technology failure coupled with sustained market rejection of GE foods makes Monsanto a poor investment." As reported previously, the USDA has already admitted that there have been two cases of pharm crops (pig vaccine, and also possibly an experimental AIDS drug) getting into animal feed. Even major food manufacturers and supermarket chains, formerly supporters of agbiotech, are
up in arms about pharm crops.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/071203_biotech.cfm