Heath hits out at ‘international hypocrisy’ on GM

The following is an edited excerpt.

Farming Minister David Heath has hit out at the โ€˜international hypocrisyโ€™ he claims exists over the rules surrounding genetically modified (GM) crops.

Mr Heath said he had always been โ€˜extremely cautiousโ€™ about GM technology because of the โ€˜need to be clear about the human health and environmental implicationsโ€™.

But, speaking at the International Food Exhibition, in London, this week he said the evidence was there that GM crops had been grown over a โ€˜very large part of the world for a very long time without those effects being manifestโ€™. Specific GM applications therefore ought to be considered on their own merit,โ€ he said.

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