UK govt approves a 2nd site for BASF GM potato trials |
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LONDON (AFX) - The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said it has given approval for a site in East Yorkshire to be used by BASF AG for its genetically modified potato trials programme.Last December Defra gave approval to BASF to undertake research trials of a GM disease-resistant potato at a site in Cambridge.The latest approval is valid until 2011. BASF will not proceed with trials at the East Yorkshire site this year, but may do so in future years, Defra added.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comhjp/lamCOPYRIGHTCopyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
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France allows 13 GM trials for 2007; to adopt EU rules by decree by end-March 