GM DRINKS FEATURE

BY MARK ROWEGIVEN the level of public concern over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in what we drink and eat, most companies have chosen to tread warily around the issue and sought not to draw attention to it. In the Swedish town of Ystad, however, a small family brewery has adopted the opposite approach.Earlier this year the brewery, Österlenbryggarna Tomelilla (SPELLING CORRECT), launched a GM beer made from corn supplied by Monsanto, the biotech company, with support from Syngenta, the Swiss GM company. Kenth Persson, who manages the company, says the ...


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