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28.04.2008 | permalink
Griechenland verlängert Verbot des MON 810
Honig wird durch Gentechnik verunreinigt.Griechenland ist eines der Länder, wo der gentechnisch veränderte Mais der Linie MON 810, der in diesen Tag in Deutschland ausgebracht wird, verboten ist. Und das wird auch in den nächsten 2 Jahren so bleiben. Letzte Woche wurde das griechische Verbot verlängert und auf 70 Mais-Sorten ausgeweitet. Der griechische Agrarminister Alexandros Kondos begründete das Verbot mit möglichen gesundheitlichen Risiken sowie mit der Bedrohung für die Imkerei. In Griechenland werden ca. 16% des europäischen Honigs hergestellt.
International Herald Tribune, France: Greece extends ban on Monsanto Co. biotech maize seeds for another 2 years
Infodienst: Hintergrund MON 810-Mais28.03.2008 | permalink
Romania is 7th European country to say ’No’ to GE MON810 maize
Greenpeace welcomes the Romanian Government’s landmark decision to ban genetically engineered (GE) maize, announced today. The move is particularly significant as GE maize is the only commercially cultivated GE crop permitted in Europe. Mr Attila Korodi’s, Minister of Environment and Durable Development, announcement banning Monsanto’s GE maize MON 810, makes Europe’s largest per hectare maize producer GE-free. Romania is the seventh of Europe’s leading maize producers to ban the growing of GE varieties, following France, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Greece and Poland.
17.03.2008 | permalink
Brazilain soybean harvest to exceed 60 Mill tonnes, 59% GMO-free
Soybean production in the 2007/08 crop is estimated at 62.416 million tonnes (t.). [...] The result showed that 59.1% of the analyzed crops used transgenic crops. The South region topped the ranking with 82.1% of the crops planted with genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
01.02.2008 | permalink
Monsanto says French GMO ban illegal and harmful
U.S. biotech company Monsanto said on Thursday France’s decision to ban one of its genetically modified varieties of maize was illegal and would be harmful to the sector. [...] Monsanto said the committee had not turned up any scientific proof which had not already been reviewed by the EU, which had authorized use of MON 810 throughout the 27-nation bloc in 1998. ”There is no doubt that the (committee’s) opinion does not fulfill any of the criteria which would allow ... the French state to suspend the application of a legal authorization based on a rational and scientific evaluation,” Monsanto said.
01.02.2008 | permalink
EU Member States ask EFSA for more guidance on GM assessment
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is working with member states to update risk assessment guidance for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to bring it in line with scientific progress and provide more in-depth advice. More than 60 GMO experts from national regulatory risk assessment bodies came together in November to discuss the best scientific approaches for evaluating the safety of GMOs at national and European level. Today the findings from the meeting, including the fact that differences exist among member states with respect to the practical organisation of GMO risk assessment will be presented to an Advisory Forum.
14.01.2008 | permalink
French president announces ban on GE maize MON810
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday announced a ban on Monsanto's MON 810 GM maize in France, the only GM maize variety presently legal to grow within the European Union. Farm activist José Bove publicly finished his hunger strike against the crop while Monsanto and the large farmers association complained.
03.01.2008 | permalink
Jose Bové on hunger strike against GMOs
French activist and head of the farmers union Confederation Paysanne José Bove started a hunger strike demanding a moratorium on GMO cultivation in France.
20.12.2007 | permalink
France says to extend GMO ban unless proven safe
France will extend its ban on the use and sale of gm maize MON 810, the only genetically modified crop grown in the country, unless a newly set-up committee on GMOs can prove it is safe. A present ban expires in February.
10.12.2007 | permalink
IFOAM Conference Demands Zero Tolerance
At a high level organic conference in Brussels GMOs were the most important point of dissent between organic farmers and the European Commission. Whilst the organic representatives from practically every EU country and adjacent states like Croatia and White Russia demanded zero tolerance for GMO contamination, representatives of the Commission advocated a general allowance of 0,9%.
10.12.2007 | permalink
France suspends commercial GMO seed use, studies safety
France formally suspended on Thursday the commercial use of genetically modified (GMO) seeds in the country until early February and ordered a biotech safety study. The future of GMOs has long been the subject of heated debate in France -- Europe’s top grain producer -- and the country’s reluctance to use GMO crops compares starkly with the United States, which is far more tolerant of the technology.
Headlines
- Griechenland verlängert Verbot des MON 810
- Romania is 7th European country to say ’No’ to GE MON810 maize
- Brazilain soybean harvest to exceed 60 Mill tonnes, 59% GMO-free
- Monsanto says French GMO ban illegal and harmful
- EU Member States ask EFSA for more guidance on GM assessment
- French president announces ban on GE maize MON810
- Jose Bové on hunger strike against GMOs
- France says to extend GMO ban unless proven safe
- IFOAM Conference Demands Zero Tolerance
- France suspends commercial GMO seed use, studies safety
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