European Commission gives go-ahead for GM potato
Posted by Alan | Under Safe Food Saturday Mar 6, 2010
The European Commission had approved consumption of a few genetically modified (GM) crops that include a potato called Amflora and a various types of maize.
The crop approvals were made on Tuesday and were significant as they marked the end of a deadlock in which lawmakers in Brussels in refused to approve GM foods for a 13 year period.
The Amflora crops will be grown for use as an industrial starch and bred by BASF. Although it is not likely to be produced within the UK, the Agricultural Biotechnology Council (ABC) declared that the decision was monumental as it ended the hiatus of EU approved GM crops.
Chairman of the ABC, Dr. Julian Little, stated that the council welcomes the approval after the last 13 years and hope that the decision made on Tuesday will signify a turning point in the way that the EU recognizes the benefits of GM technologies to the environment and to farmers.
Little added that if the UK is serious about allowing farmers to produce affordable and high quality food for its consumers than the country must be open minded about allowing farmers to choose efficient methods of crop production that include many scientific advances including GM.
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