Written answers

Wednesday, 22 April 2009

Department of Agriculture and Food

Animal Feedstuffs

10:00 pm

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 644: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason animal feed maize MON810 has been banned for sale in Germany; if he will review the sale of this product here; and if he is taking action to ensure a supply of economical alternative animal feed grain. [15799/09]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The German Agriculture Minister announced last week that Germany was placing a ban on the further growing of the GM maize MON 810 by invoking a safeguard clause in the context of a potential danger to the environment. The ban does not affect the importation into the EU of maize or maize by-products which may contain MON 810 for animal feed.

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