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Bill Hoover, former president of AIB, dies at 82
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, U.S. - William J. Hoover, the
retired president of AIB International, died July 6 in Colorado Springs
following a brief illness. He was 82.
A native of Champaign, Illinois, U.S., Hoover spent most of his career
in Manhattan, Kansas, U.S., first at Kansas State University (KSU) and
then at AIB.
Earlier in his career, Hoover was director of technical services and
administrative vice-president for the Corn Industries Research Foundation in Washington.
He spent several years at KSU, first as the director of the Food and
Feed Grain Institute and then as head of the Department of Grain Science and Industry.

As president of AIB, Hoover helped facilitate the move of the institution in 1977 to Manhattan from Chicago. A new Manhattan facility was
opened in 1978. In recognition of his contribution to the organization,
the AIB campus was named the William J. Hoover campus in 1995.
The move to Manhattan was credited with creating synergies with
KSU as well as the Grain Marketing and Production Research Center of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"He revitalized and made the programs more relevant to the industry," Paul Klover, AIB executive vice-president of administration said
in 2007.
A memorial scholarship has been established in Dr. Hoover's name at
AIB International, 1213 Baker's Way, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S. 66502.

E.U. approves GM maize products
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The European Commission announced
on July 30 that it has granted import, food, feed and processing approvals for biotechnology maize products jointly developed by DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences LLC.
Maize products containing the Herculex I insect protection and
the Herculex RW trait stack (also known as 1507x59122 stack or as
Herculex Xtra), and maize products containing the Herculex RW,
Herculex I and Roundup Ready Corn 2 trait stack (also known as
59122x1507xNK603 stack) now are permitted for import into the E.U.

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Maize products containing these traits (1507x59122 or
59122x1507xNK603) were assessed to be safe for use in food and feed
by the E.U.'s own independent scientific authority, the European Food
Safety Authority (EFSA), in April 2009, and already have been approved in nine countries around the world. These products now are authorized for import into the E.U. in accordance with E.U. regulations,
including the appropriate labeling and traceability of the products.
For more information on this topic, see the E.U. regional review
that begins on p. 28.

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