Germany will ban cultivation and sale of genetically modified (GMO) maize despite European Union rulings that the biotech grain is safe, its government said on Tuesday.
The ban affects US biotech company Monsanto's MON 810 maize which may no longer be sown for this summer's harvest, German Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner told a news conference.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/germany-ban-cultivation-monsanto-gmo-maize
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/michael-hogan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maize
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-waste
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/germany
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
