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2010-08-27 | permalink
Can Monsanto's omega-3 soybeans create heart-healthy and patented food?
Monsanto, the U.S.-based agrifood business, hopes to have Omega-3 soybeans in the Canadian marketplace within the next two years. [...] A controversy over Monsanto’s original patent applications involving the genetically enhanced soybeans erupted this year when an Australian expert in agricultural intellectual property suggested Monsanto’s patent might be seen as “an attempt by the company to exert control over the food chain.” Monsanto had applied for patents on the “derived benefits” of feeding animals its proprietary product.
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2010-08-27 | permalink
Can Monsanto's omega-3 soybeans create heart-healthy and patented food?
Monsanto, the U.S.-based agrifood business, hopes to have Omega-3 soybeans in the Canadian marketplace within the next two years. [...] A controversy over Monsanto’s original patent applications involving the genetically enhanced soybeans erupted this year when an Australian expert in agricultural intellectual property suggested Monsanto’s patent might be seen as “an attempt by the company to exert control over the food chain.” Monsanto had applied for patents on the “derived benefits” of feeding animals its proprietary product.
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