9-2 FB Europe Approves

 In a world full of doubt about bio-tech and genetically modified crops, Monsanto Company welcomed the European Union’s recent authorization of two of its corn technology combinations, Genuity VT Double PRO and YieldGard VT Triple. The final step in the approval process is publication of the decision by the European Commission. Import approvals for both products have already been obtained in all key countries that import corn from the United States.

YieldGard VT Triple technology, has been very popular with U.S. farmers and is widely used to help control insects that feed on corn plants above and below ground. The technology is estimated to be on nearly 30 percent of the corn acres in the United States this year. Genuity VT Double PRO was recently introduced in the U.S. and is currently under review for cultivation approval in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.

 There is however a caveat as pointed out by Monsanto spokesperson  Mimi Ricketts: “The decisions cover the import, processing and food and feed use of grain and processed products for use as a feed ingredient by the livestock industry. This is not a cultivation approval.