Center for Food Safety v. Johanns

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 1

J. MICHAEL SEABRIGHT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

From 2001 to 2003, four companies— ProdiGene, Monsanto, Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC), and Garst Seed — planted corn and sugarcane that had been genetically modified to produce experimental pharmaceutical products. The companies modified the genetic structure of the corn or sugarcane so that, when harvested, the plants would contain hormones, vaccines, or…