In re Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation

TRANSFER ORDER

SARAH S. VANCE, Chair.

Before the Panel: * Plaintiffs in an action in the Northern District of Illinois move under -28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in the Northern District of Illinois. These cases concern the Syngenta defendants’1 decision to commercialize corn seeds containing a genetically modified trait, known as “MIR162,” that reportedly controls certain insects. Com with this trait has entered U.S. corn stocks but has not been approved for import by the Chinese government, which has imposed a complete ban on U.S. corn with this trait. Plaintiffs’ motion…