Brussels, 15/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - Germany is now one of a group of six EU member states banning crops of the genetically modified MON 810 maize by Monsanto - a GMO legally authorised in the EU on the basis of scientific opinions delivered by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner announced on Tuesday 14 April that her government had decided to use the safeguard clause to suspend crops of the GMO. The decision was taken “in the interests of...