Maize would now be tested before use instead of after. THE French food company which established Britain's first hypermarkets removed all GM food from its shelves last night. Carrefour's customers had expressed concern about the products despite a major advertising and information campaign by the market leader, Monsanto. The Carrefour group has more than 200 stores in France and opened a huge branch outside Caerphilly, in South Wales, in the early 1970s. With an annual turnover of more than pounds lO billion it is one of Europe's leading retailers.
Many questions are still unanswered.
For the first time, man is crossing barriers between species. It seems impossible to us, at the present level of knowledge, to be able to measure the long-term consequences. The lack of transparency which surrounds GM foods is contrary to our policy of traceability. American Cyanamid Company and Horizon Ag, LLC have signed an agreement for development, marketing and support in the U.S. for new imidazolinone herbicide tolerant rice varieties. The approval includes the delivery of Spot-Less using the Company's BioJect system, a bioreactor that automatically ferments and distributes microorganisms through the irrigation system, according to John Doyle, vice president and BioJect product manager.