Mahim Pratap Singh

BHOPAL: After protests over the past few months against commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country, activists fighting against genetically modified food in Madhya Pradesh are now calling the proposed Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill an effort to stifle anti-GM voices.

Jairam Ramesh Stressing that India needed to look at its seed industry, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today said he believed in the fundamental primacy of the public sector seed industry.

The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has taken strong exception to the implementation Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. In a memorandum submitted to the Union Government of India, the association president, Mr S.P. Jeyaprakasam, said the Act has been a death blow to Indian food industry and many of the clauses are not appropriate to the prevailing trade situation and are ambiguous.

Hyderabad, Jan. 24: As the Centre goes about building public opinion on introduction of the controversial Bt brinjal, the country does not have the facility to test the toxicity or otherwise of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).