Brussels, 21/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - There has been a new development in the glyphosate herbicide saga. For public health reasons, the European Parliament Environment Committee, chaired by Giovanni La Via (EPP, Italy), has vetoed the Commission project to authorise imports into the EU for human food and animal feed, of three kinds of genetically modified soya that are resistant to this very controversial herbicide (see EUROPE 11471, 11460).
These involve Bayer's FG 72 soya and Monsanto's...