Germany says it plans to change its GM policy in 2002
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Last Update: 2001-12-21
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Introduction: London, December 19 (FWN) news: the German government may be ready to amend the GM policy in the autumn of 2002 The German government takes a delayed attitude on the commercial agricultural production of GM crops A spokesman for the Ministry of agriculture told FWN on Wednesday However, he said that this does not mean that the attitude of the German government is bound to change, and that the government has not set a timetable for policy changes He said that to amend the policy, people need to be consulted in order to get the latest information in different areas related to GM technology On the one hand, the field has its own technology - first-class technology, the spokesman said Therefore, on the other hand, we have formulated policies and regulations on how to treat this science and technology, and on the other hand, how the public views this science and technology What we need is more detailed discussions with the public to try to make people aware of what is dangerous and safe in this science and technology, the spokesman said The most important thing is to disseminate this scientific and technological information widely and see how the market evaluates it What we don't want to do is to curb the development of this science and technology We prefer to see its free development We hope to hold public symposiums, but we will certainly not achieve the established goals The spokesman said We hope to find some new and useful information to help us revise our future policies next autumn But to explain, it's just a process After that, we must make a decision on this issue The spokesman said (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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