MONSANTO'S GMO CROPS APPROVAL PUT ON "FAST TRACK" BY OBAMA'S USDA                                          
    Monsanto, the world's largest purveyor of genetically contaminated food , will get speedier regulatory reviews of their genetically modified garbage under forthcoming rule changes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal is to cut by half the time needed to approve biotech crops from the current average of three years, Michael Gregoire, a USDA deputy administrator, said today in a telephone interview. The changes will take effect when they're published in the Federal Register, in March. Approvals that took six months in the 1990s have lengthened because of increased public interest, more legal challenges and the advent of national organic food standards. U.S. farmers worry they may be disadvantaged as countries such as Brazil approve new technologies faster, said Steve Censky, chief executive officer of the American Soybean Association. “It is a concern from a competition standpoint,” The Center for Food Safety, a Washington-based non-profit group that has successfully challenged approvals of Monsanto's Roundup Ready sugar-beet and alfalfa crops, said the fast track approval is aimed at preventing opponents of modified crops from voicing criticism of the agency's methods. 
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