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GMO producers should be punished as terrorists, Russian MPs say                                                                                                                                       
Published time: May 15, 2014 12:47                                                            
Edited time: May 16, 2014 11:13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
A draft law submitted to the Russian parliament seeks to impose punishment up to criminal prosecution to producers of genetically-modified organisms harmful to health or the environment.               
  The draft legislation submitted on Wednesday amends Russia's law  regulating GMOs and some other laws and provides for disciplinary  action against individuals and firms, which produce or distribute  harmful biotech products and government officials who fail to  properly control them.
  At worst, a criminal case may be launched against a company  involved in introducing unsafe GMOs into Russia. Sponsors of the  bill say that the punishment for such deeds should be comparable  to the punishment allotted to terrorists, if the perpetrators act  knowingly and hurt many people.
  “When a terrorist act is committed, only several people are  usually hurt. But GMOs may hurt dozens and hundreds. The  consequences are much worse. And punishment should be  proportionate to the crime,” co-author Kirill Cherkasov,  member of the State Duma Agriculture Committee told RT.
  Russian criminal code allows for a punishment starting with 15  years in jail and up to a life sentence for terrorism.
  Less severe misdeeds related to GMOs would be punishable by  fines. For instance the administrative code would provide for up  to 20,000 rubles (US$560) in fines for failure to report an  incident of environmental pollution, which would also cover  harmful GMO contamination, if sponsors of the bill have their  way.
  Russia gave the green light to import of GMOs and planting of  bioengineered seeds as part of its accession to the WTO, but the  Russian government remains skeptical of GMOs. In April, Prime  Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that his cabinet will postpone the  beginning of certification of GMO plants for growth in Russia due  to lack of proper infrastructure needed to test their safety.
  The government also opposes imports of GMO food, saying the  country has enough farmlands to provide enough regular food to  feed itself.
  But the new draft legislation, even if adopted, would be  difficult to enforce in practice. Proving a direct link between  certain GMOs and health or environmental problems could be  difficult, considering that harmful effects, if they manifest,  may take years to become apparent.
  Critics of the draft bill also point out that it fails to suggest  amendments to laws regulating textile production and  pharmaceutical industry, both of which have been using  genetically-altered products for years.
  “The global pharmaceutical industry uses GMOs much wider than  food industry does. And there is the question, who should be  punished in this case – producers of medicines which are used to  treat people, or those who want to ban them,” commented  Aleksandr Korbut, vice-president of the Russian grain union, to  Izvestia newspaper.