1.   As a result, Aventis is now urging grain-elevator operators to begin testing corn shipments for the presence of the modified grain.

2.   As a result, the company is now urging grain-elevator operators to begin testing corn shipments for the presence of the modified grain.

3.   Badin said the biggest threat was to the image of a retailer if there was a health problem related to the genetically modified grain.

4.   He said he would be in Bangalore, India, at the end of the month to take part in a protest against genetically modified grain.

5.   In the meantime, the report should make well-off protesters who vandalize plantations of genetically modified grain think twice about whether they are actually helping the poor.

6.   Italians, like most Europeans, have banned imports of genetically modified foods and the use of modified grains.

7.   One problem is that many tests detect only a single type of modified grain.

8.   A panel of European Union scientific experts has approved requests for permission to sell four new types of genetically modified grains, the EU Commission said Thursday.

9.   Complicating matters is the fact that modified grains are often mixed with conventional crops.

10.   In addition, modified grains are often mixed with conventional crops during shipping.