India’s Supreme Court OKs GM Field Trials
January 5, 2007| |
India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests said that the country’s Supreme Court has not restricted ongoing field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops. It noted that field trials being conducted with the approval of the Review Committee on Genetic Manipulation (RCGM) and the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) are legal. Documentary evidence on the approval issued by the RCGM and the status of compliance in respect of physical and biological containment stipulated in the approval order must be verified before considered as illegal.
For more information visit: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=23705 or http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=23452 or contact Bhagirath Choudhary of ISAAA South Asia Center at b.choudhary@isaaa.org.
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