The battle over genetically modified foods is heating up.
Last week a group of food safety groups filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its recent decision to allow plantings of genetically modified sugar beets.
The agency had said it would issue permits for seed producers to plant modified beets that would not be allowed to flower, according to Reuters.
Not so fast, said the food safety groups.
he groups – including the Center for Food Safety, the Sierra Club, and the Organic Seed Alliance – said the plantings could still modify neighboring crops, adding that the agency’s decision violates an August court ruling that prohibited future plantings of modified beets, according to a statement released by the Center for Food Safety.
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