Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Bayer blasts ‘unscientific’ rejection by Mexican regulator of GMO corn permit

MEXICO CITY, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, the German pharmaceutical and crop science giant said in a statement to Reuters on Friday, blasting the decision as "unscientific."

Reuters reported earlier in the day that regulator Cofepris rejected the corn permit for future import as the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador hardens its opposition to genetically modified crops.

"We are disappointed with the unscientific reasons that Cofepris used to deny the authorization," the statement . . .

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