date:Jul 17, 2012
Rothamsted Research based in Hertfordshire sparked controversy with its plans to begin field testing with GM wheat over the next two years.
The Real Bread Campaign hit out against the research due to fears the GM wheat could be commercialised for food use soon and submitted an anti-GM wheat pledge signed by 350 bakers, millers, farmers and consumers to to the UKs Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
This article has been amended to state 8.2 million instead of billion.