The international saga over the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has reached a new chapter as Mexico bans genetically modified corn. Mexico has now put an immediate and indefinite ban on genetically modified corn as of Oct. 10, 2013.
EcoWatch reports the decision was made by Judge Jaime Eduardo Verdugo J., who serves on the Twelfth Federal District Court for Civil Matters in Mexico City. The judge’s reasoning for the decision is the “risk of imminent harm to the environment.” EcoWatch cites that his ruling “immediately suspends all activities involving the planting of transgenic corn in the country and ends the granting of permission for experimental and pilot commercial plantings.”
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