The Safeguard clause on the Cultivation of MON810 Genetically Modified Maize
On 20 January 2005, the Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development ordered a ban on the production, use and distribution of seeds from inbred lines and hybrids derived from the MON810 maize line in Hungary, and on their import into Hungary. The 2005 ban and the renewed 2009 safeguard clause is based on Hungarian scientific research.
The most significant Hungarian scientific results with regard to the moratorium:
Darvas B. Ed. (2006): Mezőgazdasági géntechnológia – Elsőgenerációs GM-növények (Agricultural gene technology - First generation GM plants), p.1-163. Hungarian Parliament Agriculture Committee, Budapest. (ISBN 978 963 87505 1 8)
Székács, A., Lauber, É., Juracsek, J. and Darvas, B. (2010): Cry1Ab toxin production of MON 810 transgenic maize. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 29: 182-190
Székács, A., Lauber, É., Takács, E. and Darvas, B. (2010): Detection of Cry1Ab toxin in the leaves of MON 810 transgenic maize. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 396: 2203-2211
Darvas B. és Székács A. Ed. (2011): Az elsőgenerációs géntechnológiai úton módosított növények megítélésének magyarországi háttere (The Hungarian background to the perception of first generation plants modified using gene technology). ISBN 978-963-9848-44-3. Hungarian Parliament Agriculture Committee, Budapest, Page 1-107
Darvas, B. and Székács, A. Eds (2011): Hungarian Background on Views of 1st Generation Genetically Modified Plants. ISBN 978-963-9848-44-3. Hungarian Parliament Agriculture Committee, Budapest, Page 108-213.
Székács, A. and Darvas, B. (2011): Environmental assessment of MON 810 maize in the Pannonian Biogeographical Region. Acta Phytopathol. Entomol. Hung., 47: 307-320
Takács, E., Darvas, B. and Székács, A. (2011): Analytical difficulties and certain biological aspects of Cry1Ab toxin determination in MON 810 genetically modified maize. Acta Phytopathol. Entomol. Hung., 47: 293-306
Székács, A., Weiss, G., Quist, D., Takács, E., Darvas, B., Meier, M., Swain, T. and Hilbeck, A. (2012): Inter-laboratory comparison of Cry1Ab toxin quantification in MON 810 maize by enzyme immunoassay. Food Agric. Immunol., 23: 99-121
The Safeguard Clause on the Cultivation of Amflora Genetically Modified Potato
The gene technology authority banned the distribution of GM potato with a trait increasing the amylopectin content of starch (Solanum tuberosum L. EH92-527-1 line) in Hungary, in accordance to European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/18/EC, in its decree no. XXI/443/3/2010, issued on 17 May 2010 and valid until its withdrawal.
In its decree no. XXI/443/3/2010, issued on 17 May 2010, the gene technology authority also banned the distribution and use of feed produced using the abovementioned potato, based on European Parliament and Council Regulation 1829/2003/EC, and also the adventious or technologically unavoidable presence of such potatoes in foods within the territory of Hungary, valid until such ban has been withdrawn.
The abovementioned provisions include detailed explanations of the risks to health and the environment posed by Amflora GM potatoes, which are available by following the links to related documents to the right.
