"Everything I grew for them was Bt, but it was approved varieties," said Bill Hayes, a farmer near Plainview.
The commission has said it will propose a small tolerance margin for unapproved material in imports later this year, but until then the only solution is for the Union to approve varieties individually for import.
He said that Long Island voters over the years have approved a variety of land preservation laws and bond issues, demonstrating that they "are willing to put in a sizeable amount of money to save their open space".
IN an election that held few surprises for Westchester County, voters returned nearly all incumbent candidates to office, passed a measure to replace the decaying Westchester County penitentiary and approved a variety of local ballot propositions, including seven initiatives to buy open space for land preservation.
And voters in local elections across the state approved a variety of bond and tax measures last month, raising taxes on businesses, hotels and property owners to pay for schools and to offset reductions in services that communities and the state have imposed during these difficult years.
Once approved, a variety is, in theory, allowed in all member states.
Prosecco is made predominantly from glera, but the regulations permit up to 15 percent of other approved grape varieties to be used.
Farmers were first able to grow genetically modified cotton in India in 2002, when the country's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee approved three varieties of seeds developed by Monsanto and Mahyco, an Indian seed company.
At the same time the European Commission said it would go forward with a plan to let member countries decide for themselves whether to allow cultivation of approved GM varieties.
As of December 2007, the TTB lists both Zinfandel and Primitivo as approved grape varieties for American wines, but they are not listed as synonyms.
