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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Anthony Wong who wrote (1066)	2/3/1999 11:31:00 AM
From: Anthony Wong	Respond to of 2539

Monsanto Uses Detectives, Ads to Police Its Seeds, Post Says Bloomberg News February 3, 1999, 10:48 a.m. ET Washington, Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Monsanto Co. is using Pinkerton detectives and advertising the names of alleged offenders to keep farmers from replanting seeds taken from its genetically altered corn and soybeans, the Washington Post reported. The crops are altered to resist pesticides or insects, and farmers who use the Monsanto seeds must not only agree to buy new seeds for every planting, they must also allow company officials on their land to check for misuse, the paper said. The company told the newspaper it needs to enforce the ''no replant'' agreement to protect the millions it has spent on developing the seed, while some farmers who have been accused of seed piracy say windblown pollen and spillover from grain trucks put telltale crop DNA in their fields. Although several European governments have restricted the use of genetically engineered crops, their commercial planting will be allowed on a limited scale next year in the U.K., the U.K.'s farm minister said today. (Washington Post 2/3 www.washingtonpost.com) --Robert Greene in the Washington bureau (202) 694-1938/ge