2012-11-15 | permalink

Peru approves 10-year moratorium on GE crop import and production

Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar Vidal announced yesterday that the government has approved a new regulation that imposes a moratorium on the production and entry of genetically-modified organisms, also known as transgenics, into the country for the next ten years. [...] Vidal called the measure a “demonstration of the government’s commitment to preserve the biodiversity of native crops”. [...] “The existing law and now this regulation establish a moratorium of ten years, and this means that we must use this period to efficiently and effectively strengthen our own capacity and our scientific capacity in biotechnological processes regarding our natural resources”, Vidal said.

• The Argentina Independent, Argentina: Restrictions imposed on GMO’s
• SciDev.Net, UK: Perú: Falta de reglamento sobre OGM retrasa investigación
• Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times, Peru: Ten year ban on genetically modified seeds and foods takes force Thursday