The Hindu Business Line : ‘Rules violated in giving nod for Bt brinjal trials’

The Centre for Sustainable Agriculture has accused GEAC (Genetic Engineering Approval Committee) of breaking its own rules in allowing large-scale trials in Bt brinjal.

The GEAC rules stated that large-scale trials would not be allowed unless the complete biosafety data was generated, Dr G.V. Ramanjaneyulu, Executive Director of CSA, said.

“Bt brinjal clearly does not fall in this category as there have been numerous questions on its biosafety, the protocols of tests conducted or commissioned by Mahyco, the data analysis and conclusions drawn,” he said.

Commenting on GEAC’s decision to allow large-scale trials in Bt brinjal, he said: “In fact, some of the prescribed tests like foliar feeding studies (which have been mandated after reports of animal mortality and morbidity after open grazing on Bt cotton fields) had not been completed on Bt brinjal.

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