On Tuesday 4 July, the European Commission authorised two hybrid transgenic cottons, two hybrid transgenic maize plants and renewed the approval for a period of ten years of genetically modified maize MON 810 by Monsanto, the only GMO that thus far can be grown in the EU. The GMOs are for food/feed uses.
The GMOs are: cotton 281-24-236 x 3006-210-23 x MON 88913; cotton GHB 119 which is resistant to ammonium glufosinate-based pesticides; maize Bt11 × 59122 × MIR604 × 1507 × GA21; and maize...