Germany’s approach to setting new GMO liability law provides an important example for New Zealand, states a paper released today by the Sustainability Council.
The German Government has sought to explicitly allocate liability for the financial risks arising from the cultivation of GMOs and to protect non-GM farmers. This is in sharp contrast to New Zealand’s law that leaves major gaps and implicitly allocates risk and costs to innocent parties.
Read the report: German Liability Law for GM Cultivation
