Polish Biotech Ban Thwarted
29 January 2008 Lawyers from the European Commission (EC) have stopped Poland’s efforts to ban the trade and planting of biotech seed on the grounds that the ban had no scientific justification, according to a Reuters article.
Poland’s plans for what amounted to a national GMO ban drew criticism from EC experts last year. As tested on several occasions in the past, the EC takes the view that if a region wants to ban GMO crops or products, such restrictions must be scientifically justified and crop-specific, and may not be politically motivated. Poland did not provide new scientific evidence to justify its action, as required under EU law, said the Commission’s notice in its Official Journal.
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