To be grown in Kansas:

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070514/full/070514-17.html

The rice strains, made by Ventria Bioscience in Sacramento,  
California, produce lysozyme, lactoferrin and human serum albumin in  
their seeds. All three are commonly found in breast milk. Lysozyme and  
lactoferrin are proteins with antibacterial, viral and fungal  
properties, according to the company.

Ventria says that they aim to use the rice to create drinks that can  
combat diarrhoea, and dietary supplements to help reverse anaemia1.  
Diarrhoea, which often stems from gastrointestinal infection, is a  
major killer of children worldwide.

Many further regulatory hurdles involving other agencies would need to  
be passed before products made from this rice could be sold to  
consumers.

Public comment

The crop, which has been tested in Peru, was given preliminary  
approval in March, and the USDA then opened the proposal up for public  
comment. Of the more than 20,000 comments they received, only 29 were  
positive, although many of the negative comments consisted of form  
letters.



Judy

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