[img_assist|nid=168|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=43]On 27 November 2005, the majority of the Swiss population voted in favour of a 5-year moratorium for commercial cultivation of genetically engineered plants and animals. The moratorium does not apply for research into GMOs, nor does it stop import of GMO-food or feed.
This moratorium is an important step in a global opposition against GM crops because it shows that a country can take such a step, even if companies, politicians and scientists might be against it.