Turkey rejects three shipments of US corn-based feed

Turkey has rejected three shipments of US distiller's dried grains, a feed ingredient, as it steps up enforcement of rules on imports of genetically modified corn, the US Grains Council said on its website on Thursday. The council, whose members include major grains traders and producer groups, said at least one other vessel carrying the feed ingredient from the United States had been diverted to another buyer from Turkey while on the water.
China, the world's top buyer of feed ingredients, stopped importing distiller's dried grains (DDG) from the United States in July after authorities there said an unapproved genetically modified corn strain had shown up in some shipments. DDGs are a by-product of refining corn to make ethanol. Prices for DDGs have jumped sharply in the last month, partly on hopes that China would return to the market. US export trade groups including the USGC have been working for months with China to resolve the issue.