For reasons of public health and environmental protection, the European Parliament, meeting in Strasbourg on Wednesday 4 October, vetoed the import into the EU of two varieties of transgenic soybean and products containing or produced from these GMOs intended for food or feed and treated with mixtures of pesticides, including glyphosate.
Under consideration were hybrid soybean FG72 x A5547-127, which is resistant to isoxaflutole-, glyphosate- and glufosinate ammonium-based herbicides, and...