According to Polish Chief Health Inspectorate GM rice of variety LL601 was
found in 6% (3 out of 48) of samples taken in the stores of three regions of
Poland: Pomerania, West Pomerania and Lower Silesia. The contaminated rice
came to Poland from US via France.

According to the spokeperson of Regional Health Inspectorate of Lower
Silesia- Elzbieta Peszko-Bilska rice of variety LL601 was found in the
supermarket chains Tesco and Auchan in this region. Polish authorities hasn't
found LL601 rice in Warsaw region although Greenpeace Poland testing done in
Germany of long rice showed three products contaminated: "Bosto"(Ebro
Puleva), "Britta" and "Halina".

The investigation of one of Polish main TV channels found that in one of the
Tesco stores there is an extremely cheap long rice on sale (55 eurocents per
kilo), in small plastic bags without any label (none of brand name,
producer, expiration date, country of origin etc.) which is there for last
two months.

According to cashiers this particular item is not registered in the
computer system of Tesco only on special written lists.

Polish authorities refused to give names of contaminated products, their
producers or even the stores where samples were taken.

All this situation creates fears that the rice affected removed from the
shelves of the stores in Western Europe ended in the shelves of the same
companies in countries like Poland.

Tesco Poland asked by Greenpeace about GM rice answered in writing that
Tesco's own name rice is GMO free and refused to answer similar question
concerning other producers on Tesco shelves.

Ebro Puleva (in Poland using name "Bosto") wrote to Greenpeace Poland: "our
rice is absolutely free of genetical modification" even though German
laboratories found out that Bosto rice IS actually contaminated with LL601.