Consequences of EU Regulation
December 14, 2007| |
The European Union's regulatory process for transgenics is very slow and complex. As a result, there are many important economic and related consequences of this development. Dr. Vivian Moses, professor of King's College in the United Kingdom, shared this insight in a workshop for public officials on food safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) crops in Dai Lai, Vinh Phuc Province in Vietnam.
in a presentation on "GM agriculture in context: What is being regulated and why", Moses enumerated a few of these consequences:
- European farmers are denied use of the best technologies
- European consumers are denied choice
- Emotional, non-scientific arguments battle against evidence-based reasoning; and
- Plant sciences as an academic subject has declined with frustrated scientists moving to North America
The workshop which had regulatory experts from the Philippines, Singapore, India, and Thailand sharing their country experiences was organized by the Vietnam Food Administration and the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications. Email Dr. Vivian Moses at v.moses@qmul.ac.uk.
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