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Ireland Declared the island to be a GMO-free zone . The biotech giant, BASF made the decision to withdraw its controversial GMO potato field experiments from Ireland because of the conditions imposed in the provisional consent given by the Environmental Protection Agency. These included obligations for the company to reduce the risk of cross-contamination of neighbouring farmers and wildlife, and to pay the costs of an independent monitoring of health and environmental impacts. Switzerland Although a center of GE science and industry, only two trials with GE potatoes in 1991/92 have been performed until now. Norway Banned the import of several GE crops and products which contain antibiotic resistance genes. Austalia The State of Tasmania banned GE rapeseed as weed, Western Australia has banned commercial GE planning. Australian States are given the right to declare themselves GE free. Some communities (e.g. Bondi(Sydney, West Wimmera Shire) declared themselves GE free. Western Australia remains firm against GMOs. Australia State Government moratoriums exist on GMO food crops. New Zealand Some local bodies in Auckland and Wellington have declared themselves GM free. Trials with GE salmon have been blocked by the government. In August, 2007, the Government of New Zealand chose not immediately buy into a food regulator's decision to declare a new form of com genetically engineered for stockfeed to be safe for human consumption because they expect it to tam up in com-based foods. Japan Has banned GMO fruits, vegetables and animals, particularly GMO Papaya from Hawaii. Thailand Banned imports of 40 GE crops for commercial planting, but not for research purposes. Philippines The community of Valencia called for a five-year moratoria on GE food and GE crop trials and commercialzation. The Philippine president announced a moratorium on GE crop research. The Philippines government recently passed a bill that requires labeling "Genetically engineered" on the GMO derived food and food products in order to give people the right to know if what they eat have been modified by modem bioteelmlogy. (ENS 2001) Saudi Arabia Banned foods that are made from GMOs and declared not to import GE wheat. Egypt Declared not to import GE wheat. Algeria Banimed the import, distribution, commercialization and utilization of GE plarm except for research purposes. Brazil Planning GE seeds is prohibited by federal law in Brazil for the time being, than States of Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul have declared their intentions to remain GM-free, 18 States called upon the Central government to block commercial GE crop planting. Paraguay The Ministry of Agriculture plans to ban GE crops from commercial planting. Mexico Mexico imposed a moratorium on the planting of genetically modified crops in 1998. hi 2000, Mexico barred Monsanto Co. and other biotechnology companies from planting genetically engineered corn, rekindling fierce debate in that country over the technology. Farmers in Mexico first bred com some 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. The country is home to at least 59 species of maize, from the protein-rich variety used to make tortilla chips to a softer grain mashed for use in tamales. Russia While GMO flood crops are not explicitly banned In Russia, the process for registering to grow GMO crops is so strict that it is virtually impossible to get them in the ground. All packaged products containing more than 0.9 percent of GMOs are required to have special labels.