France vows to maintain GM maize ban despite court ruling

摘要

The French government said last week that in 2012 it will uphold its ban on a strain of genetically modified (GM) maize developed by US biotech firm Monsanto, even though France's highest court overturned the moratorium last year. In a 17 January statement, the ecology and agriculture ministers said they would maintain the ban on MON810, an insect-resistant strain of maize sold in several European countries, after meeting farming groups. It did not give an explanation for the move.