Cornerstone Paper for Amended Gene Tech Act Gets Approval
March 9, 2007| |
The German Federal Cabinet approved last February the amended gene technology act that includes the following key points from the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Horst Seehofer.
- The research in the area of the plant biotechnology should be promoted.
- The suppliers and the consumers must have the freedom to choose between non-engineered and genetically engineered products.
- For the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize, a distance of 150 meters between GM and conventional plants will be required in the future. Farmers growing GM plants will be subject to special guidelines of Good Farming Practice and will be responsible for economic losses resulting from non-adherence to these rules.
- All cultivation sites of GM plants should be entered in the site register of the German Federal Bureau for Consumer Protection, BVL.
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