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January 23, 2009
Source:
CropBiotech Update
The European Commission
recommended that farmers in 27 EU member states be allowed to
grow two genetically modified corn varieties. The recommendation
applies to Syngenta’s Bt 11 and TC-1507, which was jointly
developed by Pioneer Hi-Bred and Mycogen Seeds. Biotech experts
from the member states will decide next month whether to allow
the cultivation of these GM corn varieties.
The European Union has approved the importation of several GM
crop varieties, including RR2Yield and LibertyLink soybeans, in
recent years. But the EU hasn’t given approval for farmers to
plant GM crops since 1998, when it approved Monsanto’s MON810 Bt
corn.
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