24.01.2004 |

Fischler: Seed thresholds on EU Commissions agenda 28th January

"Next Wednesday, 28th January, I will be taking the conclusions of today`s discussions into the Commission meeting, which is specifically dedicated to the issue of GMOs in a broader context. I have listened carefully to the many interventions defending the crucial importance of GMO thresholds for seeds, whether organic or not, to the future of organic farming, and next week we will decide the best way forward on this specific issue of the general GMO threshold in seeds. What is already clear to me is that operators need to be properly informed, by indications on the seed lots themselves, that the lots at hand could contain GMOs, regardless of whether they are present at levels above or below the thresholds. " EU Commissioner Franz Fischler told organic farmers on Thursday.</p><p><a href="http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200401/15357358-4014-4c9d-9c77-afedefc60bdd.htm">Europolitix: GM free is "paradise lost"</a></p><p><a href="http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200401/d11284ce-cbd7-4797-a7ab-48f4acc981b9.htm">Europolitix: Commissioners plough through GMOs</a>