Brazil again banned the import of genetically modified soybeans

OA show ('918 '); [Brazil once again prohibits the import of genetically modified soybeans] the first district court of the Brazilian Federation issued a judgment on the 8th, prohibiting Monsanto from producing and selling its genetically modified soybeans in Brazil According to a recent report released by the world observation Institute, the planting area of genetically modified products in the world was 27.8 million hectares in 1998 and 39.9 million hectares in 1999 From 1996 to 2000, the planting area of transgenic products increased 26 times 99% of the production of transgenic products were concentrated in the United States, Argentina and Canada, accounting for 72%, 17% and 10% respectively, mainly GM soybeans and cotton The judgment of the first local court of Brazil on the 8th actually upheld the judgment of the sixth local court of Brazil in June However, Monsanto also has the right to appeal to the Supreme Court According to another report, Brazilian agriculture minister anomeritis recently announced that 3600 hectares of transgenic cotton planting land will be destroyed recently, because the relevant government departments found in the 14000 tons of cotton testing in this planting land that 6.4 tons did not meet the relevant EU standards for transgenic products DMQ China feed industry information network DMQ (author:)