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2007-03-05 | permalink
Defra (UK) invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trials
Defra gave approval in December for the company BASF to undertake research trials of a GM potato at two sites in England, one in Cambridgeshire and the other in Derbyshire. BASF has now notified Defra that, instead of the previously intended site in Derbyshire, it proposes to conduct trials at a new location in Yorkshire.
Defra will be considering this as a new application in accordance with the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002. But before deciding on this it will consider any representations that people may wish to make about the risk of environmental damage posed by the GM trial.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK: Defra invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trials
- Farmers Weekly, UK: Mixed reaction to DEFRA GM potato trials announcement
- Yorkshire Post, UK: Growers fight plan to hold GM potato crop trial in region
- NutraIngredients, France: BASF announces changes to GM potato testing
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2007-03-05 | permalink
Defra (UK) invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trials
Defra gave approval in December for the company BASF to undertake research trials of a GM potato at two sites in England, one in Cambridgeshire and the other in Derbyshire. BASF has now notified Defra that, instead of the previously intended site in Derbyshire, it proposes to conduct trials at a new location in Yorkshire.
Defra will be considering this as a new application in accordance with the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 2002. But before deciding on this it will consider any representations that people may wish to make about the risk of environmental damage posed by the GM trial.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK: Defra invites views on proposed new site for GM potato trials
- Farmers Weekly, UK: Mixed reaction to DEFRA GM potato trials announcement
- Yorkshire Post, UK: Growers fight plan to hold GM potato crop trial in region
- NutraIngredients, France: BASF announces changes to GM potato testing
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