22/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - Commission withdraws authorisation granted to four varieties of genetically modified maize. On Friday 22 January, the European Commission decided to withdraw authorisation from US company Monsanto for the use in the EU of four varieties of genetically modified maize (MON 863, MON 863xMON 810, MON863xMON810xNK603). The first was authorised in 2005 (see EUROPE 9007) and the other three in 2010 (see EUROPE 10089). “These GMOs have not been cultivated worldwide...