South African Govt rejects GM potato

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South African Govt rejects GM potato

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In a damning and ground breaking ruling, South Africa's GM body, the Executive Council (EC), has rejected attempts by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) to bring GM potatoes to the South African market. The EC cited no less than 11 biosafety and socio-economic and agronomic concerns for rejecting ARC's commercial release application.

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