Monsanto modified wheat mystery deepens in Oregon - environment - 03 June 2013 - New Scientist:
"Investigations continued this week into how unauthorised genetically modified wheat ended up on a farm in Oregon.
No varieties of GM wheat have been cleared for commercial use anywhere in the world.
The wheat plants in question are believed to be the legacy of a research programme that was abandoned nine years ago.
How and why they have resurfaced is unclear.
...The GM wheat was developed by Monsanto, an agricultural biotech giant based in St Louis, Missouri. Like many of Monsanto's plants, the wheat was developed to be resistant to the company's broad-spectrum weed-killer glyphosate, marketed as Roundup.
The wheat was cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2004 as safe for human consumption, but Monsanto abandoned commercial development the same year, citing a drop in demand."
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