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2007-05-18 | permalink
In Brazil, Bayer’s GMO corn has one more political hurdle
German multinational Bayer CropScience got the green light to sell its LibertyLink transgenic corn in Brazil, but the company faces one more hurdle before the country’s farmers are allowed to plant the product. ”We said the technical part of LibertyLink is okay, but the product still has to go through 11 different ministries who will have the final say on the political viability of GMO corn in Brazil,” said Rachel Mortari, a press agent for the country’s biosafety commission, CTNBio.
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2007-05-18 | permalink
In Brazil, Bayer’s GMO corn has one more political hurdle
German multinational Bayer CropScience got the green light to sell its LibertyLink transgenic corn in Brazil, but the company faces one more hurdle before the country’s farmers are allowed to plant the product. ”We said the technical part of LibertyLink is okay, but the product still has to go through 11 different ministries who will have the final say on the political viability of GMO corn in Brazil,” said Rachel Mortari, a press agent for the country’s biosafety commission, CTNBio.
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