date:Sep 28, 2012
Russian authorities have places a temporary ban on imports of genetically-modified maize produced by Monsanto in the wake of last weeks controversial GM cancer study.
Russias consumer-rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor asked scientists at the countrys Institute of Nutrition to review the provocative study after it caused large scale debate among experts and consumers last week.
The study claimed that rats fed with Monsanto's genetically modified NK603 corn over a two-year period, were at signifi