Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns

ELR Citation: ELR 20047
No(s). 06-01075 (N.D. Cal. Feb 13, 2007)

A district court held that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) failed to take a hard look at its decision to deregulate alfalfa genetically engineered to resist the herbicide glyphosate—the active ingredient in "RoundUp." Substantial questions exist as to whether the deregulatio...