Monsanto to Withdraw EU GM-Crop Applications on Opposition
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Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, plans to withdraw its applications for planting genetically modified crops in the European Union after more than a decade of hostility from consumers and governments.
The company informed the European Commission yesterday, said EU spokesman Frederic Vincent. St. Louis-based Monsanto accounted for most of the applications to grow genetically-modified crops pending with the commission, Vincent said by phone today from Brussels.