Italy, Germany, Bulgaria Opt Out of GMO's
Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 7 months ago to Technology
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has told the European Commission that it will ban growing crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under a rule that allows European Union countries to opt out of GMO cultivation, a government statement said on Thursday.
Italy's Agriculture, Environment and Health ministers wrote to the commission to "request to exclude cultivation of all the GMOs authorised at an EU level from all of Italian territory," the statement said.
An EU law approved in March cleared the way for new GMO crops to be approved after years of deadlock. But the law also gave individual countries the right to ban GMO crops even after they have been approved as safe by the European Commission.
On Wednesday, Germany sent a similar letter to Brussels, and Bulgaria also said it would opt out of GMO cultivation.
Italy's Agriculture, Environment and Health ministers wrote to the commission to "request to exclude cultivation of all the GMOs authorised at an EU level from all of Italian territory," the statement said.
An EU law approved in March cleared the way for new GMO crops to be approved after years of deadlock. But the law also gave individual countries the right to ban GMO crops even after they have been approved as safe by the European Commission.
On Wednesday, Germany sent a similar letter to Brussels, and Bulgaria also said it would opt out of GMO cultivation.
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- 1Posted by $ Abaco 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.No. That's because our nation is partially owned by the company that makes the chemical they spray on GMO crops. I'm talking real ownage...| Permalink
- 1Posted by SaltyDog 8 years, 7 months agoThat's nice. The Bulgars get it, but not the U.S. Department of Agriculture.| Permalink
