France pushes for Monsanto's GM corn ban in EU

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Publish time: 22nd February, 2012      Source: www.cnchemicals.com
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February 22, 2012

   

   

France pushes for Monsanto's GM corn ban in EU

   

   

   

France has appealed to the European Commission to ban the cultivation of Monsanto's 810 corn crop within EU countries, a spokesman said Tuesday (Feb 21).

   

   

"France yesterday sent a message to the European Commission indicating that they had new scientific information on Monsanto 810 and so they requested the commission to take urgent steps to ban the cultivation of this crop," the spokesman said.

   

   

Monsanto 810 is a type of genetically-modified corn crop that has been grown in the EU for 15 years.

   

   

The French government said Monday said it has asked the Commission to suspend the authorisation to grow genetically-modified corn crops.