21.   The high production cost of chicken is caused by feed, namely maize and soya bean, which are mainly imported from the US.

22.   The tax cut scheme benefits mainly machinery makers, chemicals firms, transport firms and exporters of soya beans.

23.   Greenpeace spokesman John Walter said there was a risk that genetically-altered soya beans, combined with other plants, could cause allergic reactions among consumers.

24.   Greenpeace protesters Friday prevented a US shipment of genitically-altered soya beans from docking at the Belgian port of Antwerp, port authorities said.

25.   The protest, outside a fashionable restaurant in Kensington, West London, centred on the import of genetically-engineered soya beans without labelling.

26.   The protest follows the import from the United States earlier this year of soya beans which have been genetically engineered to resist herbicides.

27.   The United States also wants to increase sales of corn, soya beans, cotton and other commodities, Glickman said.

28.   Soya bean prices picked up in Chicago this week, as US and Chinese officials came closer to compromise on genetically modified US exports to China.

29.   The makers say people who are not allergic to other soya beans will not be allergic to the new beans.

30.   The modified soya bean, approved by the European Commission as safe, is not labelled or segregated.