Without issuing an environmental impact study, the USDA is going to allow permitting that would allow some farmers to grow genetically engineered sugar beets this spring.
RODALE NEWS, STATE COLLEGE, PA—In an unprecedented, and what some food safety groups call an illegal move, the United States Department of Agriculture Friday afternoon approved the planting and sale of genetically engineered, also known as GE, GMO, and Roundup Ready sugar beets.
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Published on February 5, 2011