U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact study on how the genetically modified product could affect neighboring crops.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the company's request for a rehearing of its appeal and said it would accept no more petitions for rehearing in the three-year-old case.
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by Peter Henry - Jul. 4, 2009

Important news story about a seed company (Monsanto) which was successfully sued to prevent distribution of GM alfalfa seed, pending official environmental review. Both the U.S. government and the huge multinational were fighting this requirement. I don't know of any other successful major challenges to GM crops in the U.S.

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