On the feasibility of the GMOs act

Introduction: President's parliamentary liaison, edu Ribeiro, said last week that Brazil will not issue another decree to temporarily lift the ban on the cultivation and sale of genetically modified soybeans for the next year But Ribeiro is very sure that the Senate will pass a bill in time this year to enable soybean growers to grow genetically modified soybeans legally Regarding the point of view of the liaison officer on the situation, members of the Congressional government coalition raised objections "There's not enough time for the bill to pass," said a spokesman for senator idly Salvati, who heads the ruling Labor Party in southern San Katrina "With the advent of municipal elections, the Senate lacks the quorum needed to get the bill through," she said Another obstacle is that once a bill is passed in the Senate, it must be passed by the house of Commons Meanwhile, Monsanto said last week it was ready to appeal a ban on the sale of GM Roundup Ready soybeans in Brazil after the court's ruling cleared the way for appeal A federal court in Brasilia has now published its June ruling, reaffirming Brazil's national biosafety Technology Council's power to regulate genetically modified products The ruling ends a legal debate that began in 1998 when the biosafety Technology Committee abandoned a five-year environmental impact study and allowed Roundup soybeans to be used for commercial purposes However, the court's ban on Roundup Ready soybeans remains in effect Monsanto said in a statement that the federal court's ruling that the biosafety Technical Committee has the power to regulate genetically modified products means that the original 1998 ruling remains in force.