GM company not welcome in County Meath - Reilly
Meath West Sinn Féin Candidate for the general election, Councillor Joe Reilly
has welcomed the unanimous decision of Meath County Council to pass a
motion declaring the County GM free. German company BASF has been
granted
a license by the EPA to grow a crop of genetically modified
potatoes
at Summerhill in County Meath.
Councillor Reilly said, “At
the Meath County Council meeting last night councillors from all
represented parties unanimously passed a motion to
declare the
County GM free. I welcome this decision and I would advise the
German
company BASF to take note of it. They have stated that they are
studying
the conditions attached to the EPA’s granting of the license
before
making a decision on whether to proceed. In doing so they now need
to
take note of the fact that they are not welcome in County Meath.” ENDS