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Swiss OK Curb on Genetically Altered Crops

By BALZ BRUPPACHER, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 15 minutes ago

BERN, Switzerland - Swiss voters approved a referendum Sunday to tighten curbs on genetically modified farm products, a divisive topic in a country that already prohibits most of such technology from being used in agriculture.

Over 55 percent of participants in the national referendum voted for the five-year moratorium on all genetically modified animals and crops, except for use in certain research and to produce medicine.

Sunday's referendum was forced by environmentalists and consumer groups who easily gathered the 100,000 signatures they needed to oppose a January 2004 law that would have permitted cultivation of genetically modified crops once they passed a "multiyear testing procedure."

The groups claimed the 2004 law threatened Swiss farmers while benefiting multinational agricultural business and would have forced products onto the market that people are not interested in buying.
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