§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all products on sale in the United Kingdom controlled under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992. [27203]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordI have been asked to reply.
The Secretary of State for the Environment has not issued any consents under the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 for products consisting of or containing genetically modified organisms for placing on the market in Great Britain. The information relating to Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release) Regulations 1992 together implement Council directive 90/220/EEC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. In accordance with this directive, the products which have been approved for sale in the European Community are a vaccine to control Aujeszky's disease in pigs, a vaccine to control rabies in foxes and seeds of herbicide-tolerant tobacco.