date:Jun 02, 2012
French efforts to ban Monsantos genetically modified maize MON810 have been knocked back by EFSA for a second time, after a new scientific opinion from the European regulator (found here) found that French authorities failed to provideany new science-based evidence indicating that maize MON 810 cultivation in the EU poses a significant and imminent risk.
The EFSA decision could mean that authorities can force France to lift its ban.
Following a request of the European Commission, the Europea