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In an embargoed press release and by the way, Monsanto would not allow this information to be released until noon (CST), December 19, 2003, Monsanto wrote regarding their manufacturing facility: "They are making manufacturing corrections and improvements to their plant..." This is Monsanto's convoluted way of saying, "OOPS!"

Here is yet another example of Monsanto's botched bio engineering. In 2001, I (D.L. Dewy) wrote the following:

Monsanto announced in April 1997, that it was recalling genetically engineered canola seed because an unapproved gene slipped into the batch by mistake. The canola seed had been genetically manipulated to resist the herbicide toxicity of Roundup, which is Monsanto's top money making product. The recall involved 60,000 bags containing two types of canola seed, which is enough to plant more than 700,000 acres. Both types of seed have the wrong gene in them. The genes in the recalled seed have not been approved for human consumption. What is worse, the seeds had already been planted both on farms in Canda and North America and no one knows where, and these incorrect genetically altered seeds that are used to produce canola oil entered the food chain.

A spokesman for Limagrain Canada Seeds, which was selling the seeds under a Monsanto license, said that experts are trying to determine how the mistake occurred. "We may never know how this happened" he further stated.

This is why I (D.L. Dewey) do not recommend using canola oil.