EU clears approval holder name changes for Bayer GM crops

摘要

The names of EU approval holders for a range of genetically modified crops are to be changed to reflect Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto last year and the related divestment of certain Bayer assets to BASF.The names of EU approval holders for a range of genetically modified crops are to be changed to reflect Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto last year and the related divestment of certain Bayer assets to BASF. Monsanto’s Belgium-based subsidiary, Monsanto Europe, has become Bayer Agriculture. EU member states have approved changes to reflect this for 28 EU authorisations for food and feed derived from GM soybean, maize, cotton and oilseed rape lines, together with an authorisation held jointly with German company KWS SAAT for glyphosate herbicide-tolerant H7-1 sugar beet.