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2007-05-29 | permalink
Supreme Court upholds importance of biosafety
In the orders passed after the May 8th hearing in the GMOs PIL filed by Aruna Rodrigues and three others, the Supreme Court of India clearly upheld once again the importance of biosafety when it comes to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The Union of India applied for a vacation of the Court’s orders in September 2006 which directed the GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the apex regulatory authority in India) ”to withhold (any) approvals till further directions are issued”. [...] All in all, despite some misleading and gloating headlines and editorials in several newspapers, the biotech industry and the GM regulators have an uphill task ahead in the coming year, having the Supreme Court, the state governments and various political parties holding them accountable, unlike in the past.
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2007-05-29 | permalink
Supreme Court upholds importance of biosafety
In the orders passed after the May 8th hearing in the GMOs PIL filed by Aruna Rodrigues and three others, the Supreme Court of India clearly upheld once again the importance of biosafety when it comes to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The Union of India applied for a vacation of the Court’s orders in September 2006 which directed the GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, the apex regulatory authority in India) ”to withhold (any) approvals till further directions are issued”. [...] All in all, despite some misleading and gloating headlines and editorials in several newspapers, the biotech industry and the GM regulators have an uphill task ahead in the coming year, having the Supreme Court, the state governments and various political parties holding them accountable, unlike in the past.
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