03.19.2008 8:13 am

Monsanto loses bid to overturn French ban on genetically modified corn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bloomberg News this morning is reporting that Monsanto Co. and French farmers lost a bid to have France’s highest court overturn a ban on genetically modified corn.

The Conseil d’Etat in Paris today said that the Agriculture Ministry had the right to…

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02.11.2008 7:40 am

France suspends use of Monsanto corn seed

By Doug Wong

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Associated Press reports that that French government has suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.

The order formalized France’s announcement Jan. 11 that it would suspend cultivation of…

Tags: France, genetically modified crops, Monsanto

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