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Bayer Must Pay Damages In Rice Case

by Ann M. Thayer
April 26, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 17

Bayer CropScience must pay $48 million in damages to 14 Arkansas farmers who allege that they lost money because of import restrictions on U.S. rice. Several countries imposed the restrictions in 2006 after detecting traces of not-yet-commercialized genetically engineered rice in U.S. rice. Calling the jury verdict “incomprehensible,” Bayer says that it acted responsibly in handling its rice and will try to get the decision reversed.

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