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Nature 419, 547 (10 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419547a

Swiss law imposes iron rule on biotechnology field trials

Quirin Schiermeier

The Swiss parliament last week passed a law setting some of the world's toughest restrictions on the conduct of trials of genetically modified crops.The bill, which was passed on 2 October, allows trials of transgenic crops to be carried out, but only if they can jump through a set of strict regulatory hoops.