Written question asked by Alan Simpson (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 March 2004. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 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, when she gave consent for the harvested Chardon LL forage maize from FSE sites to be taken off-site and used in cattle feeding studies at the Reading University Centre for Dairy Research; and what conditions were attached to that consent.

Answer: Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she gave consent for the harvested Chardon LL forage maize from FSE sites to be taken off-site and used in cattle feeding studies at the Reading University Centre for Dairy Research; and what conditions were attached to that consent. [163212] Mr. Morley: The GM maize used in the farm scale evaluations has Europe wide marketing consent for use in animal feed so no consent was required to use the harvested crop in the cattle feeding study carried out at the University of Reading.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 419 c1299-300W;419 c1301-2W; 163212
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Crops Animal feed Genetically modified organisms Research Maize University of Reading
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk