The Department of Agriculture (DA) has sought the reconsideration of the Court of Appeals (CA)’s decision against the commercial propagation of Bt eggplant and golden rice, an official said.

Agriculture Undersecretary Asis Perez said the DA has filed a motion for reconsideration before the appellate court against its ruling to stop the planting of the two genetically modified crops. Furthermore, Perez said the DA intends to bring the petition up to the Supreme Court if its motion would be denied by the CA.

Perez said the DA is heeding one of the rulings made by the CA that urged the government to improve its regulatory system concerning genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

“The court finds that the regulation is not sufficient to ensure the safety of the public. What we are doing now is to amend the regulation – just to make sure the regulation is robust enough,” Perez told the congressional oversight committee on agricultural and fisheries modernization on May 14.

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