In one of the most difficult negotiated issues with the European Commission, government representatives managed to convince officials in Brussels to limit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO).

The Civic Platform still in 2007 wanted to change the law so that Poland would be GMO free, however the EC did not agree to this. The government decided that the prohibition of cultivating GMO will be carried out on the basis of declarations from farmers themselves, which will have the right to call their land "free from GMO."

According to the latest poll, 49% of the public wants the introduction of GMO free terrains even if this would mean a rise in food prices.

Source: Gazeta Wyborcza