date:Jul 11, 2012
e-year deadline for the USDA to assess new biotech seeds, after which they would be automatically approved.
Seed companies have argued that opponents of genetically modified seeds have been needlessly delaying new crops with legal challenges, which threatens to discourage additional investment in the sector.
The environmental and consumer groups argue in a letter to ranking members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee that the new rules would make a mockery of the USDA's crop reviews. The com