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| Slovak organizations issued a negative statement on the deregulation of GMOs |
| Bratislava, 25.06.2026 |
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| Slovak organizations - from primary producers and farmers to environmentalists and consumers - have issued a joint negative position on the newly adopted deregulation (17. 6.) of new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) obtained by new genomic techniques (NGT). This was reported by the co-signatory of the position, the Slovakia without GMO initiative.
The signatories of the call warn of serious risks for Slovak agriculture, the environment, sovereignty and the absence of transparent food labeling for consumers and producers. According to them, the position remains open for new signatories to join.
According to the organizations, the approved deregulation is built on unverified promises about climate change resilience and pesticide reduction on the same myths that accompanied the failure of the first generation of GMOs. “We do not reject NGT as a scientific method. However, we fundamentally reject the illegal and irrational deregulation of their products and the ignoring of the will of citizens. NGT products must continue to be subject to strict and transparent regulatory rules for GMOs, at least as they have been until now. The European Court of Justice also ruled on this in 2018,” the signatories emphasized in the opinion.
In addition to the Slovakia without GMO initiative, the 24 signatories of the opinion include Greenpeace Slovakia, the Slovak Association of Agribusiness Entrepreneurs and Family Farms, the Slovak Association of Bakers, Confectioners and Pasta Makers, the Rural Parliament in Slovakia, and the Association of Feed Producers, Storekeepers and Trading Companies.
On June 17, MEPs adopted new rules that will make it easier for EU countries to access new climate- and pest-resistant plants that provide higher yields or require fewer pesticides. The revised rules for NGT were agreed between negotiators of the EP and the Council of the EU in December 2025 and represent a move towards regulation that places more emphasis on the resulting genetic make-up of a plant than on the process by which it was created. The regulation will enter into force 20 days after its publication in the EU Official Journal. It will apply two years later.odkaz na stránku |
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