Panel calls for 10-year moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops
Citing India’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity — whose global conference is now underway here — a Supreme Court-appointed panel has recommended a ban on genetically modified (GM) field trials until the regulatory system is completely overhauled. It also called for a ten-year moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops (which are modified with the Bacillus thuringiensis gene, such as the proposed Bt Brinjal), and a complete ban on field trials of transgenics in crops which originate in India.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ban-gm-field-trials-recommended
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[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biosafety
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-biodiversity-authority-nba
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