Dear readers,

more than half of the people in Germany know about the “Ohne GenTechnik”  [Non GMO] seal already. In October, we launched a Germany-wide campaign to further increase awareness of the seal and the issue. 

Yesterday, the International Non-GM Soy Conference sent a strong signal of the “Ohne Gentechnik” sector from Frankfurt, and at the beginning of October, the fair trade Anuga made a clear appeal to German Minister of Agriculture Alois Rainer for strong GMO regulations. His ministry is well aware of the economic importance of our sector, as we learned during a meeting with State Secretary Prof Dr Dr Markus Schick.

Meanwhile, consultations on new regulations for new genetic techniques (NGT) are continuing in Berlin and Brussels. The next round of the so-called trilogue negotiations between the EU Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers is scheduled for 13 November. The Danish Presidency would then like to reach an agreement. We will keep you up to date.

We wish you an interesting read!
Your VLOG team