GM SEED CONTAMINATION – NON-GM SEEDS
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PARALLEL production of genetically modified and non-GM food is practical without major precautions, claims the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. It says accidental contamination of non-GM seeds with GM material can be limited to 0.5% without production changes for sugar beet and small changes for maize. However, no EU legislation on the topic is planned until 2008, at the earliest.
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THE PARALLEL production of genetically modified and non-GM food is practical without major precautions, claims the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. It says accidental contamination of non-GM seeds with GM material can be limited to 0.5% without production changes for sugar beet and small changes for maize. However, no EU legislation on the topic is planned until 2008, at the earliest.
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