The Lower Saxony State Office

of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (Laves) warns against self-collected mussels and oysters to eat from the Wadden Sea. As the authority announced on Thursday, could be contaminated with mussels and oysters, algae toxins. These toxins are very heat resistant and therefore can not be rendered harmless by cooking. While there is no acute findings, but because of the summer water temperatures, which lead to increased algae growth, also increases the risk of toxin exposure.

Therefore, all mussels and oysters Her German origin, entering the retail sector, will also officially monitored. According to the authority that comes all the shells, which are offered at retail, out-allocated and supervised production areas. These can be safely consumed. Basically, consumers should also bought mussels and oysters make sure that the products are fresh, because due to their high protein content, they can spoil quickly. In addition, mussels should always be eaten only in the heated state. (Mh)

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State Economics Minister Ilse Aigner (CSU) said that it wants to limit the patent protection for plants and animals within its range. You are not going to patent protection for biotechnological processes, but rather the use of such processes plants and animals and their offspring. Aigner emphasized to the Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung, that creation belongs to all men and is assisted by a coalition of 300 organizations. The official stated the environmental group Greenpeace that currently more than 1,000 patent applications vorlägen to food at the European Patent Office for review and also the Farmers warned of a patent classical breeding techniques.

principle, the patenting of animal breeds and plant varieties in the EU are not allowed. However, may be patented breeding practices, which can also affect animals and plants. Currently, the European Patent Office negotiated the so-called broccoli patent. This patent has received the company Plant Bioscience in 2002 to a competition, with the proportion of a particular ingredient that probably prevents cancer, could be increased if the broccoli breeding. It is unclear whether the patent process exclusively for breeding or also applies to the seeds and derived plants. (Mh)

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