Warsaw, Poland
December 4, 2008
USDA/FAS GAIN report PL 8032
Report Highlights:
Poland's Council of
Ministers adopted a new position on GMO's November 18,
unofficially translated in this report. The text tries to
fit existing EU regulations so the Ministry of Environment
can continue its anti-farm and anti-GMO message. FAS Warsaw
believes the law does not comply with EU regulations and is
evidence the EU will not keep its WTO trade commitments. If
the EU derogates testing to member states and then they
refuse to let scientists conduct tests how can that be
legal? The Minister of Environment regularly travels among
member states to try to get others to adopt anti-GM
positions and spends EU money in its anti-GM campaigns.
Scientists have spoken publicly they will be unable to do
research, Polish consumers eat imported GMO's, and farmers
suffer from record high input prices.
Full report:
http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200812/146306641.pdf
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