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Monsanto May Sue After Sabotage of a GE Test Plot in France
Monsanto France weighs action after GM crop attack

PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co's (NYSE:MON - news) French subsidiary
is considering legal action following the destruction of a gene-modified
(GM) maize test field just days after the farm ministry published a list of
all GM crop trials in France.

Monsanto Agriculture France said in a statement on Tuesday it may file a
lawsuit against as-yet unnamed parties and urged greater protection of GM
crop trials following the latest incident in southwest France.

The trial involved maize engineered to resist Monsanto's Roundup herbicide
and had been authorised under French and European Union laws, the company
said.

Monsanto said the attack came shortly after the farm ministry last week
published a list of all GM crop trials in France, following a court decision
earlier this year ordering the government to do so for the sake of greater
transparency.

The farm ministry did not publish the exact location of the sites but listed
the towns near where they were located.

``Unfortunately, the facts of last week showed that the transparency desired
by some is quickly exploited by others in order to satisfy...opposition
behaviour that is blind and illegal,'' the company said in a statement.

Opponents of bio-engineered foods have destroyed dozens of GM crop trials
across Europe, citing the threat of possible long-term damage to the
environment.