Organic news archive: March 2004
Bayer can't blame Government for GM maize withdrawal.
The Soil Association accused Bayer on 31/03/04 of being deceitful when they put the whole blame for their withdrawal of GM maize on the UK Government.
Peter Melchett, the Soil Association's policy director, said "Bayer are blaming their withdrawal of GM maize from the UK on 'regulatory hurdles' imposed by the British Government. In fact they have been caught out by their own, inaccurate hype.
"GM companies have always claimed that GM crops need less chemical sprays. In the three-year farm scale trials Bayer's GM maize was grown with the use of one weed-killing spray. But Soil Association research in the USA and Canada had already s
Bayer can't blame Government for GM maize withdrawal.
The Soil Association accused Bayer on 31/03/04 of being deceitful when they put the whole blame for their withdrawal of GM maize on the UK Government.
Peter Melchett, the Soil Association's policy director, said "Bayer are blaming their withdrawal of GM maize from the UK on 'regulatory hurdles' imposed by the British Government. In fact they have been caught out by their own, inaccurate hype.
"GM companies have always claimed that GM crops need less chemical sprays. In the three-year farm scale trials Bayer's GM maize was grown with the use of one weed-killing spray. But Soil Association research in the USA and Canada had already s