Biotech Updates

Council Wants 'Tighter' GMO Regulations in Scandinavia

November 21, 2008

At its latest session in Helsinki, Finland, the Nordic Council agreed that Scandinavian governments should tighten GM labeling regulations and create GMO-free zones. Ministers of Nordic countries, such as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, believe that by setting GMO-free zones in their countries, the region could gain ‘competitive’ advantage by producing organic products.

Read the press release at http://www.norden.org/webb/news/news.asp?lang=6&id=8240