Judge Denies Sugar Beet Injunction
isc | Mar 16, 2010
A federal judge in California has struck down an effort to block the planting of genetically engineered sugar-beet seeds this spring.
In a ruling filed today, Judge Jeffrey White denied a motion by the Center for Food Safety for an injunction that would have prohibited beet growers from using Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds this spring.
The plaintiffs and industry defendants are scheduled to argue in a July 9 hearing in San Francisco whether the seeds should be permanently prohibited while USDA produces an environmental document to support the agency’s deregulation of the seeds.
In September, White ordered USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to produce an environmental impact statement to satisfy federal environmental rules. The suit was filed in January 2008 by the Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance, Sierra Club and High Mowing Organic Seeds.
Source: CapitalPress
Filed Under: News
A very misleading little article, considering that Judge White broadcast loud and clear in his order that he’s “inclined to order the [sugar prowers and processors] to take all efforts, going forward, to use conventional seed,” and is likely to issue such an order in July.