July 2, 2012

Syngenta seeks to stop French restriction on rapeseed pesticide

A French ban on its Cruiser OSR pesticide through a fast-tract appeal is being sought to be blocked by Syngenta, a company spokesman said on Friday (June 29).

"We are going to file very quickly an urgent appeal to seek a suspension injunction from the administrative court," Laurent Peron, a spokesman for Syngenta France, told Reuters.

France's farm minister said earlier he would ban Cruiser OSR, used to treat rapeseed crops, on the grounds of risks posed to bees.