Maize| France's agriculture ministry banned the sale.

March 19, 2014 8:44 AM | Skymet Weather Team

France's agriculture ministry banned the sale, use and cultivation of Monsanto's MON 810 genetically modified maize, the only variety currently authorised in the European Union. Annual sowing of maize inFrancegets under way in the second half of March. The French government maintains that GM crops present environmental risks.

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