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Greece bans 16 new GM maize varieties.
Although all GM maize varieties have been approved for cultivation in the EU, the Greek government raised its total of maize bans to 47 on April 13th by disallowing 16 additional genetically modified maize varieties. This action is based on claims that scientific research raises doubts about the crops' biosafety and that this research had not been considered when the crops received EU approval. By applying the precautionary principle, Greece thus has prohibited once more the planting of any GM crops, despite their approval for commercial cultivation in the EU. More >>

EU Parliament nixes GMOs in organic foods.
The Members of the European Parliament has voted on a proposal for a regulation on organic products and stated in an amendment: "Organic farming principles, objectives and rules exclude the use and the presence of GMO in all organic processes and products. It is therefore important to adopt national and EU legislation which guarantees that contamination with GMOs does not take place." Consumer groups and environmental organisations have welcomed the statement and have interpreted it as a call for the lowest possible thresholds for GMOs in organic products. In contrast, the European Commission favours a common threshold for conventional and organic foods of 0.9 percent GMO. More >>

Global ban on terminator seeds upheld.
Canada's continued efforts to undermine and eventually eliminate the ban on so-called terminator seed technology has suffered a severe setback. Terminator technology refers to seed genetically modified to produce sterile seeds that cannot be planted, thus leaving farmers with no choice but to buy the next year's seeds from genetic engineering companies. The setback took place at a meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil. The Brazilian government, chairing the meeting, announced that the 188 member governments of the CBD agreed to reject language that would have undermined the six-year-old moratorium on terminator seeds. Promoters, including Canada, have called for a "case by case risk assessment" of terminator seeds, with the intention of allowing the technology to be approved through existing legislation for genetically modified crops. More >>

German study recommends 20 meters buffer zone.
A pollen barrier of 20 meters of conventional maize is enough to separate GM and conventional maize fields and to keep out-crossings below 0.9 percent. This is the result from a coexistence study published in the most recent issue of Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. Are they out of their minds? Have they never seen a dandelion seed fly through the air? More >>

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