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The article reports on the cancellation of order to sell Roundup Ready alfalfa by individual tagging in California. It has been said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) had lifted out the decree following the ruling that the alfalfa don't pose a threat to the environment. It is mentioned that USDA/APHIS, instead declared that the hay can now be identified by lots.

The article reports on the Kenneth A. Spencer Award being given to Don R. Baker for his discovery in new chemicals in food and agriculture. He is the president and founder of the Berkeley Discovery in California and also an adjunct professor at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California. Baker is also the inventor of the selective herbicide antidotes by using molecular modeling. He is an active member of the American Chemical Society Council and in the California Section.