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2009-06-29 | permalink
U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact study on how the genetically modified product could affect neighboring crops. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company’s request for a rehearing of its appeal and said it would accept no more petitions for rehearing in the three-year-old case.
- Reuters, UK: U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA: Panel keeps Monsanto’s alfalfa on the shelf
- Agweek, USA: Court refuses GM alfalfa appeal, pending study
- Center for Food Safety, USA: Federal Court upholds ban on genetically-engineered alfalfa
- The Center for Food Safety, USA: Federal Court upholds ban on genetically engineered alfalfa
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2009-06-29 | permalink
U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact study on how the genetically modified product could affect neighboring crops. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company’s request for a rehearing of its appeal and said it would accept no more petitions for rehearing in the three-year-old case.
- Reuters, UK: U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, USA: Panel keeps Monsanto’s alfalfa on the shelf
- Agweek, USA: Court refuses GM alfalfa appeal, pending study
- Center for Food Safety, USA: Federal Court upholds ban on genetically-engineered alfalfa
- The Center for Food Safety, USA: Federal Court upholds ban on genetically engineered alfalfa
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