THIRD WORLD NETWORK BIOSAFETY INFORMATION SERVICE
Dear Friends and colleagues,
RE: Scientific Opinion in Support of Hungary's Moratorium on GM Potato
On 2 March 2010 the European Commission adopted two decisions regarding the GM Amflora potato: it authorised the cultivation of the potato in the EU for industrial use and allowed the use of Amflora's starch by-products as food and feed within the EU. The authorisations are valid for 10 years.
However, on 18 June, the Ministry of Rural Development of Hungary officially announced a moratorium on the Amflora potato. According to the decision, the marketing and use of feed derived from GM potato EH92-527-1 (BPS-25271-9) and the adventitious or technically unavoidable presence of the potato in food and feed has been banned in Hungary.
Please find attached an opinion of Hungarian scientific experts in support of the Hungarian moratorium.
With best wishes,
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