more-inThe Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India's apex regulator for genetically modified seeds, on Thursday cleared GM mustard for environmental release and use in farmer fields. Bt brinjal blockedThursday’s decision is not the first time GEAC has cleared a transgenic food crop for release. “We have cleared it [GM mustard] for four years subject to certain field conditions,” GEAC Chairperson, Amita Prasad, told The Hindu. Dhara Mustard Hybrid (DMH -11), the transgenic mustard in question, has been developed by a team of scientists at Delhi University led by former vice-chancellor Deepak Pental under a government-funded project. “We have shown over the past several months, through rigorous analysis of available material, how this GM mustard dossier (evaluated by GEAC) was rigged,” said Kavitha Kuruganti, Convener, Coalition for GM-free India.

Source: The Hindu May 11, 2017 20:06 UTC