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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wirral South of 1st November 2000 at 355 c472-3W, if he will make a further statement on the Chardon LL Hearing.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his Answer to the honourable Member for Wirral South of 1st November 2000 at 355 c472-3W, if he will make a further statement on the Chardon LL Hearing.
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Quin
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
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Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
8 November 2000
For answer on
9 November 2000
Answered on
9 November 2000
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wirral,
South (Mr. Chapman) of 1 November 2000, Official Report, columns 472-73W, if he will make a further statement on the Chardon LL
Hearing. [138193]
Ms Quin: In agreement with Agriculture Ministers in the devolved Administrations, we have asked Mr. Alun Alesbury--the person
appointed to conduct the Hearing-- to consider adjourning the Chardon LL Hearing until further notice pending further consideration
of the testing system used by France to establish distinctness, uniformity and stability.
Details of the French testing system were given in the MAFF press notice of 31 October. Other member states in the EU also rely on
French data, and the views of the Commission on the status of the French procedures are being sought.
Subjects
Genetically modified organisms; France; Testing; Maize
Date
9 November 2000
Reference
356 c389W; 138193
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to check if United Kingdom crops have been affected by GM contamination of French maize crops.
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what action he is taking to check if United Kingdom crops have been affected by GM contamination of French maize crops.
Asked by
Lord Campbell-Savours
(Labour)
Answered by
Nicholas Brown
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 July 2000
For answer on
6 July 2000
Answered on
6 July 2000
Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is taking to check if United Kingdom
crops have been affected by GM contamination of French maize crops. [129915]
Mr. Nick Brown: Following reports in the French press last week that the French authorities had discovered low levels of GM presence
in conventional maize seed imported into France, we contacted the French authorities, who confirmed on 30 June that they had indeed
found some GM seed in conventional maize seed, which has been sown in South West France. Further information now indicates that they
have found three different modifications in a number of varieties of forage maize imported into France by the company Golden
Harvest. The French authorities have not yet confirmed which varieties of maize seed are involved, but have confirmed that sweetcorn
varieties are not affected by their current investigations. We are seeking further information from them on the varieties concerned.
However, as the varieties concerned are cultivated in Southern France, it is possible that they would be unsuitable for cultivation
in UK conditions.
The GMs found in maize samples by the French authorities are BT 176 and BT 11, and one further, as yet unidentified, modification.
BT 176 is insect resistant and has Part C consent within the EU under Directive 90/220 for import, food and feed use, and for
cultivation. BT 11 is insect resistant and has Part C consent for import and use in animal feed. Pending further information from
the French authorities, my Department, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and the Food Standards Agency
are considering what the implications would be should further investigations indicate that affected seed may have been sown in the
UK.
Subjects
Crops; Contamination; Genetically modified organisms; France; Maize
Date
6 July 2000
Reference
353 c265-6W;353 c263-4W; 129915
House
House of Commons