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Wild pigs and deer do not spread GM corn via feces or accumulate transgenic residues in meat.

Publication: Biotech Week
Publication Date: 11-NOV-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Deer stew, roast of wild boar, venison ragout - come fall, all varieties of game are in season for gourmets. However, ever since the worldwide surge in genetically modified corn, critical consumers' appetites have abated somewhat. After all, it was not clear precisely how wild animals digest transgenic corn and whether or not residues actually accumulate in meat, for example. Molecular biologists from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) have shown that there is no need for concern - also with regard to the inadvertent dispersal of genetically modified corn via wild animal feces (see also Technische Universitaet Muenchen).

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