Italy's regional farming heads agreed unanimously to urge the agriculture minister to ban cultivation of genetically modified (GM) maize and potatoes, their coordinator on GM policy told Reuters.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Italy's regions want an official GM ban
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Egypt is banning genetically modified food imports and exports
Egypt is banning food imports and exports that are not certified free of genetically modified products, state news agency MENA reported. Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza "gave instructions... against the entry of any imports, especially wheat, corn and soya beans until samples of the cargo have been examined...in the absence of a certificate," it added.
Read article at france24.com
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Hungary to defy European Commission call to scrap ban on GMO crops
Hungary will keep its ban on GMO (genetically modified organisms) maize imports and the planting of GMO seeds, Agriculture Ministry undersecretary Zoltán Gőgös announced. The European Commission recently called on Hungary to entirely lift its GMO ban.
Read article at realdeal.hu (Hungary)
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