A federal judge in California has banned the planting of genetically modified sugar beets created by Monsanto.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White said he was “troubled by maintaining the status quo that consists of 95 percent of sugar beets being genetically engineered while (the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) conducts the environmental review that should have occurred before the sugar beets were deregulated.”
The court’s decision vacates the deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beets, which are engineered to withstand Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer.
The ban affects genetically modified sugar beets planted after Friday and does not affect crops already planted and harvested for sugar, White said.
Read the full story at St. Louis Business Journal.
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