2010-02-02 | permalink
Lake County (USA) Supervisors votes to regulate commercial GE crops
The Lake County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the recommendation Tuesday to regulate commercial genetically engineered crops through a registration process. [...] GE crop growers would have to obtain registration from the county agricultural commissioner or the California Crop Improvement Association before planting. The agricultural commissioner with a GE crop advisory committee would set guidelines for registration with the same or more stringent requirements as the state or federal governments.
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2010-02-02 | permalink
Lake County (USA) Supervisors votes to regulate commercial GE crops
The Lake County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the recommendation Tuesday to regulate commercial genetically engineered crops through a registration process. [...] GE crop growers would have to obtain registration from the county agricultural commissioner or the California Crop Improvement Association before planting. The agricultural commissioner with a GE crop advisory committee would set guidelines for registration with the same or more stringent requirements as the state or federal governments.
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