The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) in Mexico approved the sale and consumption of 132 genetically modified products (GMOs) – half of them being corn – as well as cotton, soy and other crops, paving the way for a formal approval by the Mexican government.
While Alejandro Monteagudo Cuevas, the executive director of AgroBio Mexico, a federation of companies commercializing GMO products, welcomed the decision, La Jornada called it “a transgenic stab.” So far, trading GMO products has been suspended thanks to a collective action with anti-GMO groups arguing that GMOs represent a danger to the environment, as well as for the biodiversity of native corn.
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