EU Blocks France's Ban of Monsanto's GM Maize

EU Blocks France's Ban of Monsanto's GM Maize 285

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @02:19AM from the renamed-to-freedom-corn dept.

redletterdave writes with an update to news from a few months ago that France had banned the growing of Monsanto's genetically modified corn. After reviewing the evidence France submitted in support of the ban, the European Food Safety Authority has now rejected it. An official opinion (PDF) stated that they "could not identify any new science-based evidence indicating that maize MON 810 cultivation in the EU poses a significant and imminent risk to the human and animal health or the environment."

EU Blocks France's Ban of Monsanto's GM Maize

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That's .. (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @02:27AM (#40084107)

.. Amaizing

Re:Well, they couldn't prove... (Score:3, Funny)

by Mindcontrolled ( 1388007 ) writes: on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @05:07AM (#40084803)

As long as they keep their Monsanto crap out of the feed for my poulets de bresse...

Re:Well, they couldn't prove... (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Wednesday May 23, 2012 @08:00AM (#40085625)

Uh, most Muslim terrorists are actually fighting the evil empire that paves Monsanto's way....

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