Is the United States the only industrial country that has developed genetically engineered agricultural products?
Is the United States the only industrial country that has developed genetically engineered agricultural products?
Is the United States the only industrial country that has developed genetically engineered agricultural products?
Re: Is the United States the only industrial country that has developed genetically engineered agricultural products?
The United States is not alone in developing new biotech products or in offering them for commercial production. Several European countries, including Germany and Switzerland, as well as Canada, China, Argentina, South Africa, and Japan, have already approved several biotech varieties, such as corn, soybeans, and other crops. What's more, European companies are very active in developing and offering transgenic varieties for commercial planting in the United States. For example, AgrEvo, a German company, and Novartis, a Swiss company, both have offered commercial varieties of genetically modified corn and soybean to U.S. farmers. Moreover, about one-half of the applications for approval of transgenic varieties currently pending in the EU regulatory system are sponsored by EU companies.