date:Jul 22, 2013
rate on modern practices and technologies that offer real advances for food production and rural communities.
The EU approved only two GM products to be grown in the 28-member bloc - Monsanto's MON 810 maize and German conglomerate BASF's Amflora potato. While the EU approved cultivation of MON 810 in 1998 for 10 years, it did extend the permission after 2007.