Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications for agriculture here of the interim ruling by the WTO that might lead to a relaxing of the rules governing the import and sale of genetically modified organisms products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5975/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I remind the Deputy that the interim report of the WTO disputes panel on GMOs is a confidential report and it would not be appropriate for me to make public comments on such a report.

A framework is in place for dealing with GMOs which includes comprehensive legislative measures, independent scientific analysis and risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority and significant scrutiny and controls by the EU Commission and member states. This framework is one of the strictest in the world and is aimed at achieving a high degree of human health and environmental protection and at the same time safeguarding consumer choice, while being fully WTO compatible.