09.10.2002 |

UK seeds clean of GMO says DEFRA

A report published today by the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs GM Inspectorate reveals that there have been no findings of adventitious presence of unapproved GMOs above the limit of detection in seeds for marketing since summer 2000. There was one finding of an approved GMO in seeds of maize, but this was at a very low level, below the interim threshold agreed by the European Community.The GM Inspectorate at the Central Science Laboratory (CSL) is publishing the summary details of the audits it has been carrying out on seed companies since summer 2000.</p><p><a href="http://www.csl.gov.uk/shownews.cfm?id=192">Publication of CSL GM Inspectorate Seed Audit Summary</a>