Making Inroads

Slowly but surely, biotech crops are gaining inroads into European markets.

The British government is soon expected to grant approval to the commercial cultivation of genetically modified maize.

While conceding that the British “public was unlikely be receptive” to the measure, the Cabinet Office ministerial sub-committee on biotechnology, based on minutes of the meeting subsequently leaked, agreed that there should be a precautionary approach to this new technology that was also sensitive to public opinion.

Critics contend the government’s decision was entirely due to pressure from the Bush administration and from Monsanto, the world’s leading manufacturer of biotech crops.

Posted by Jim Langcuster at February 19, 2004 08:45 AM | TrackBack