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Questions Regarding the Implementation of EU Mutagenesis Ruling in France
Detlef Bartsch1, Ulrich Ehlers1, Frank Hartung2
1Department of Genetic Engineering and other Biotechnological Processes, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
The European Commission has asked EU Member States for comments on a French law notification demanding plant varieties produced with the help of in vitro mutagenesis have to be eliminated from the national catalog of approved varieties because of missing legal authorization deemed required by genetic engineering law. Primary target are herbicide-tolerant Clearfield oilseed rape varieties. The scientific reasoning is questionable, traceability is illusive, and law enforcement is likely to be impossible.
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