Warsaw, Poland
December 3, 2008
USDA/FAS GAIN report PL 8029
Report Highlights:
Top Polish decision makers,
industry, scientists, producers, and regional political
leaders worked together to prevent biotechnology crops in
animal feeds from being outlawed. Their work had a direct
impact on the repeal of a feed ban in Poland, which was to
prohibit import, production and use of animal feed derived
from biotech crops by August 12, 2008. Introduction of the
feed ban has now been extended until the end of 2012, which
effectively has killed this legislation. However, Poland's
Ministry of Environment is pushing forward on their anti-GMO
position with a new draft of a cultivation law, which
legislators hope to put into effect by the beginning of
2009. The draft cultivation law is the longest draft law
published in Polish history. The law is long, complicated
and designed to prevent planting of GM seeds. This point is
made in the printed justification as an appendix to the law.
Full report:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200811/146306617.pdf
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