News on GM Potatoes from Belgium

 GM Amflora starch potato approved in EU
March 02, 2010

Amflora starch potatoes first EU approved GM crop in 12 years

The European Union today approved the first new genetically modified (GM) crop for domestic growing in more than a decade, ending what has been a long stalemate over a backlog of GM crops awaiting cultivation approval.   The decision by the European C...
 Papa Amflora aprovada en la Unión Europea
March 02, 2010

Europa aprueba cultivo de papa transgénica

La Comisión Europea (CE) aprobó hoy el cultivo en la Unión Europea (UE) de una variedad de patata genéticamente modificada, fabricada por la empresa alemana BASF, la primera autorización del tipo concedida en los últimos 12 años. La patata Amflora pod...
 BASF
June 11, 2009

Safety Amflora GMO potato reconfirmed by EFSA

German chemical maker BASF (BASF.DE) said on Thursday its genetically modified potato, Amflora, designed to yield industrial starch, has again been described as safe for humans in a recommendation by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). "T...

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