Agriculture
Dec. 3, 2010
Genetically Modified Beet Seedlings Must Be Destroyed, Judge Rules
A San Francisco federal judge has ordered sugar beet farmers to rip up genetically engineered sugar beets planted this fall, ruling that the government rushed into permitting the plantings without doing proper environmental reviews.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A San Francisco federal judge has ordered sugar beet farmers to rip up genetically engineered sugar beets planted this fall, ruling that the government rushed into permitting the plantings without doing proper environmental reviews.
The ruling is a blow to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and to biotech giant Monsanto Co., which created the altered seeds, in a long-running legal battle with environm...
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