Buyers Around the World Reject Genetically Modified Wheat (Last Updated: March 22, 2004)

Costa Rica

May 2003 — “Our company currently buys wheat from the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, and the Ukraine, for flour production as well as sub-products for animal food…if genetically modified wheat is introduced in your country, we plan then to not buy genetically modified wheat from these sources.” — Rafael Carrillo Lara, Molinos de Costa Rica, S.A.
Letter from Molinos de Costa Rica, S.A. to USDA Secretary Ann Veneman, May 30, 2003.