GM MAIZE
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has allowed the European Commission to lift the EU's de-facto moratorium on selling new GM foodstuffs. It failed to approve (or reject) Syngenta's insect-resistant maize Bt11 for consumption, clearing the way for a Commission rubber-stamping. Meanwhile, European Food Safety Authority recommended clearing Monsanto's pest resistant GM maize variety MON 863.
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has allowed the European Commission to lift the EU's de-facto moratorium on selling new GM foodstuffs. It failed to approve (or reject) Syngenta's insect-resistant maize Bt11 for consumption, clearing the way for a Commission rubber-stamping. Meanwhile, European Food Safety Authority recommended clearing Monsanto's pest resistant GM maize variety MON 863.
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