Post by gakaren on Oct 2, 2015 8:44:22 GMT -5
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.
news.yahoo.com/italy-tells-eu-opt-growing-gmo-crops-statement-113420284--sector.html
Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"The Agriculture Ministry upholds its position that Bulgaria should be free from cultivating GMO crops," the ministry 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.
The ministry has sent 10 letters to the EU with which it effectively bans the cultivation of different types of GMO corn and soy-beans. On Wednesday, Germany sent a similar letter to Brussels.
www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/01/us-bulgaria-gmo-eu-idUSKCN0RV43M20151001
If this keeps up, GMOs will only be legal in the US BUT...will they still import GMO crops from us???
