Stockholm, Sweden
January, 2011

This report presents the main events of the admixture of GM potatoes discovered in fields cultivated with the GM potato called Amflora. The report is written from the perspective of the Swedish Board of Agriculture (SBA) and does not reflect measures taken by the European Commission or by the authorities in DE and CZ, which also had cultivation of Amflora in 2010.

Summary

Another GM-potato was discovered in five fields in Sweden, out of twenty, where the genetically modified starch potato Amflora was cultivated in 2010. This other potato was also a starch potato, which has been cultivated in field trials for six years in Sweden.
A thorough investigation on how, when and where this admixture could have occurred has been performed. The weight of evidence supports that the commingling occurred in a laboratory and a greenhouse. The SBA came to that conclusion after a thorough investigation of our own inspection protocols, interviews, inspection of laboratory, green house, and storage facilities and at the growers and a report from BASF.
The SBA decided soon after the notification of commingling that no lots of the Amflora in Sweden was to be used as feed, for starch production, as seed potatoes, sold or disposed of until further notice. The two lots with confirmed commingling has been destroyed. Further lots with suspected commingling has been, or will be, destroyed. After finalising the investigation we have reached the conclusion that further commingling is not likely. The Swedish Board of Agriculture has now decided to permit continued use and cultivation of remaining lots of Amflora in accordance with the decision of March 30th 2010.

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Published: January 13, 2011