Force-feeding South Africans Monsanto's Smartstax http://www.biosafetyafrica.org.za

Monsanto has made an application to the South African GMO authorities for permission to import Smartstax maize, one of the most controversial and risky GMOs ever produced for commercial use.The ACB recently published a report featuring Smartstax titled 'The stacked gene revolution: A biosafety nightmare'. We pointed out that while the majority of commercially cultivated GM food crops contain 3 new genes at most, Smartstax contains 8!

Several prominent scientists at the United Nations have expressed grave concerns about the biosafety implications of this, and also the lax safety assessments carried out. Smartstax has been approved in the US and Canada for commercial cultivation.