This is the old Defra Website - our current information is at www.defra.gov.uk
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ARCHIVE: Genetic modification (GM)
Information on the old Defra website currently covers the following:
- Latest news:
Details of recent significant publications and announcements
- GMO introduction:
A general overview of GM organisms, what Defra do and don’t
do and contact details.
- GM Crops
Find out more about the current position, and the
Government's policy, including the 'co-existence' of GM and non-GM
farming
- Non-crop GMOs
Information about GM animals and GM microbes and viruses
- Regulation
How GMOs are regulated and controlled. Applications and release information:
details of applications, site locations, invitations to make representations,
and consents pending.
- International issues
International agreements, transboundary movements
- Research:
Defra research - proposed, in progress and completed
- Links Page for
related sites including ACRE -
Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment.
Page last modified
31 October, 2010
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