The news is a major blow to the nascent British GM industry which ministers
have been championing this year as fears grow about food security.
Monsanto, whose name is synonymous with GM crops, confirmed that it is
withdrawing all of its EU applications for approval for new crops.
The decision is understood to affect as many as 10 applications for approval
for new GM crops. It is understood that Monsanto is pulling all of its
applications for crops in frustration at delays over clearing existing crops
at EU level.
It does not affect clearance for an existing crop grown from GM seeds in
Portugal and Spain.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10186932/Major-GM-food-company-Monsanto-pulls-out-of-Europe.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/10186932/Major-GM-food-company-Monsanto-pulls-out-of-Europe.html
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