According to agency reports, the German Minister for Consumer Protection, Horst Seehofer (CSU) has voiced support for national administrative schemes with regard to the cultivation of genetically modified plants in Europe in the future.[more]

The first large-scale empirical study on agronomic and economic performance of Bt maize in Spain suggests that it leads to better results, higher returns and lower costs than does conventional maize. However, future socioeconomic analyses of GM crops need additionally to consider the ...[more]

On 11 July 2008, the South Korean government announced new and comprehensive monitoring for all food products available within the national borders. By the year 2012, ninety-five per cent of all foods should be subject to testing standards that are as rigorous as those of the European Union. In order to ease the transition to the ...[more]

The draft of the Slovene Act on the co-existence of genetically modified plants with other agricultural plants remains in the process of notification to the European Commission and to other Member States. Parallel to this procedure, NGOs and some political parties are demanding a ban on GM maize.[more]