WARSAW —
Poland on Wednesday imposed new bans on the cultivation of certain genetically
modified strains of maize and potatoes, a day after an EU required green light
for GM crops took effect.
"MON
810", a variety of genetically modified
maize developed by Monsanto
Company
is pictured on January 23, 2012 (AFP/File,
Eric Cabanis)
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The
centre-right government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk imposed farming bans on
German BASF's Amflora strain of potato and US firm Monsanto's MON 810 maize or
corn, according to a government statement Wednesday.
The ban on
specific strains essentially uses a legal loophole to circumvent the EU's
acceptance of such products.
Global
environmental watchdog Greenpeace hailed the move, which will take effect on
January 28.
"The
government has kept its promises," Greenpeace Poland said in a statement.
Tusk had
vowed to ban genetically modified (GM) crops in November on the heels of a
Senate approval for the registration and sale of GM crops, which had been
banned in Poland until then.
According
to Tusk, under EU rules lawmakers had been forced to pass the blanket approval
for GM crops which came into effect on January 1.
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