Norway

GMO-free news from Norway

This links to a page with GENET-news of Norway that are relevant for the development of GMO-free zones.

Updates + Overviews

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Oppland County is declared GMO-free.

Seeds from genetically modified (GM) plants can currently not be accepted for storage in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. According to Norwegian national legislation, the import to and storage of GMO seeds in Norway requires, inter alia, approval in advance from Norwegian authorities and storage in a “contained use” facility meeting certain standards.

The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has made amendments in order to avoid contamination by non-approved genetically modified rice.

Organisations and institutions active on GMO

Farmers' Rights Project (English)
Ren mat / Gennytt (Norwegian)
Norges Naturvernforbund (friends of the Earth Norway) (Norwegian, English, Russian)
Greenpeace (Norwegian)
Norwegian Farmers’ and Smallholders’ Union (Norwegian)

Official and institutional links

Ministry of Environment (English, Norwegian)
Norwegian Food Safety Authority (English, Norwegian)
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Directorate for Nature Management (English, Norwegian)
Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (English, Norwegian)
GenØk is the national centre for biosafety (English, Norwegian)
Gensidene (Norwegian)

Legal documents

Gene Technology Act (1993, The Act relating to the production and use of genetically modified organisms)

Petitions

Legalisering ggo-vrije zones: Petitie aan de Europese Commissie. Download in pdf-format doc-format

Other background information

Comments - open consultation on GMO guidance documents from EFSA, 09.2008, by the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board
Farmers' Rights' resource pages for decision makers and practitioners
Genmodifisering - en utfordring, GMO-hefte utgitt av Norsk Bonde- og Småbrukarlag (2007)(Norwegian)