12.04.2013

The British supermarket store Tesco has announced that its own-label fresh and frozen poultry and eggs will in future be fed with genetically modified soya made by Monsanto. The soya, which is grown in North America and South America, is resistant to the weedkiller glyphosate - which Monsanto sells under the brand-name RoundUp. The retailer said that new farming methods meant it could no longer promise that its birds had a diet free of GM material, as it lifted its own 11-year ban on such products. Tesco is the #1 retailer in the UK and one of the top retailers in the world by annual sales behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour. Tesco and its subsidiaries have more than 6,200 stores in 14 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, with about half located in the UK.