| text : | NS: GM crops are unlikely to be introduced in Europe without strict long-term field testing
of their environmental and health impacts. is the regulatory regime in Africa developing
along similar line?FW: We have not compromised anything in regulation. You wouldn't believe the number of
meetings that have taken place because there is so much money to help Africa build a
regulatory system. When we applied to the government for a permit for the transgenic sweet
potato field trails, ours was the first application. Apparently, a regulatory system did
exist, but had never been used. It took two years to get the permit. But we now have it
and field tests will begin here later this year. As a result of this process we have
regulatory system that is not brainwashed and which people respect. We haven't had mad cow disease here, after all. |