Monsanto gained ground in France GMO-Bandit

Despite strict rules making GM foods low in the European Union, France is not allowed to extend the ban on GMO food and feed by using the emergency safeguard clause that originally mentioned, according to a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

France would need to demonstrate that GMOs create clear and serious risk to human or animal health or the environment "in order to declare their banned said the ruling was a blow to the nation a few days after the same high court ruled that all GM foods must undergo an approval process for the sale or distribution in Europe.

Define the risks of GMOs is the heart of many movements around the world, especially in the United States with organizations such as the Non-GMO project; the next right to know March where thousands of concerned citizens will walk from New York to Washington, D.C. to promote awareness on the issue and the question of labelling on genetically modified food; as the film also imminent by award-winning Director Jeremey Seifert on proliferation of GMO in America.

The new European Union judgment appears to be procedurally more demanding (on land) and less flexible than previous bans under the emergency clause EU in use by Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg, as well as France.

Monsanto (and other biotech companies) have struggled to get a foothold in the EU market. (Currently, only Spain allows GM foods). Wikileaks released documents this year has shown high-level U.S. Government officials to work to help promote the agenda of Monsanto and establish relations for the largest producer of genetically modified seeds throughout Europe.

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