© Tatyana Kuznetsova / RIA Novosti Members of Russian nationalist party LDPR protest against GMO foods near a McDonalds restaurant
A senior Russian government member told reporters the
cabinet decided that any food production in the country will completely exclude any genetically-modified organisms or parts thereof."As far as genetically-modified organisms are concerned, we have made decision not to use any GMO in food productions," Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovich said at an international conference on biotechnology in the Russian city of Kirov.
At the same time the official emphasized that there was a very clear line between this decision and the development of science, medicine and some other branches.
"This is not a simple issue, we must do very thorough work on division on these spheres and form a legal base on this foundation," he said.
Comment: It truly is amazing what people will go through to keep the consumer economy going.