Health Minister Beatrice
Lorenzin, Agriculture Minister Maurizio Martina and Environment
Minister Gian Luca Galletti have signed a decree banning the
cultivation of MON810 GMO corn, ANSA sources said Friday. The
move extends by 18 months a ban introduced on July 12, 2013,
after the recent approval an EU directive giving member States
freedom of choice on whether to allow GMOs. That directive has
not yet been incorporated into Italian law.
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