FDA ISSUES LIST NAMING 300 ITEMS SUSPECTED IN BIOTECH CORN RECALL

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration here released last week a list of the more than 300 products manufactured by Mission Foods, Dallas, that were recalled last month because of concern they might contain a form of genetically modified corn, marketed under the name StarLink, that has been approved by the FDA for use in animal feed but not for human consumption.

leading supermarket companies, including Albertson's, Bashas', Food Lion, Fred Meyer, Kroger, Minyard, Roundy's, Safeway, Shaw's and Weis.

The list, on-line at www.fda.gov, said the products had been distributed nationwide, all products were available when the recall began last month and the quantity of products to be recalled was "undetermined."