ARCANE legal wrangling is delaying what could be a ground-breaking decision: the UK’s first approval of a genetically modified crop for commercial planting.
A government advisory committee reported last month that there were no environmental grounds for not approving Bayer’s Chardon LL maize, which is resistant to the weedkiller glufosinate ammonium. The next step is for it to be listed as an approved variety by all four countries of the United Kingdom. But the devolved authorities that govern Wales and Scotland are uneasy about approving it. “We are currently consulting with the devolved authorities to find a way forward,” says…
