GENETIC ENGINEERING: MADRID PLANS SAFETY DISTANCES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND GM CROPS.(Brief Article)

Europe Agri, December, 2004

The future Spanish decree on safety distances between traditional and organic crops, on the one hand, and GM crops, on the other, is based on Commission recommendations from 2003. It aims to regulate the building of "barriers" to stop GM pollen from spreading to neighbouring fields as well as the handling of seeds and harvests to avoid contamination. It is likely to oblige GM farmers to declare themselves to neighbouring farmers growing exclusively traditional crops.

Environmental lobby Greenpeace condemned Spain earlier this year for being "the only EU country growing GMOs on a commercial scale since 1998", with half a million tons of GM maize entering the local market each year.

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The European Commission published recommendations on July...

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