Written question asked by Simon Thomas (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 1 April 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 23 April 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Friday, 23 April 2004 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18th March, 419 c435W, on GM crops, whether the investigations were conducted by the Robert Koch Institute on behalf of the Syngenta Corporation.

Answer: Mr. Simon Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 March, Official Report, column 435W, on GM crops, whether the investigations were conducted by the Robert Koch Institute on behalf of the Syngenta Corporation. [166109] Mr. Morley: The German Government has appointed the Robert Koch Institute as its competent authority under Directive 2001/18. The Institute's investigation was undertaken as the competent authority with the full co-operation of Syngenta, who hold the consent for marketing of Bt176 maize.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 166109; 420 c674W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Death Crops Cattle Animal feed Genetically modified organisms Germany Maize
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