BRUSSELS OFFERS RESEARCH DEAL TO ANTI-GM MEMBER STATES
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is pushing for further research into testing the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops, to improve the operation and acceptance of European Union (EU) controls under directive 2001/18/EC on the release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. Some previous EU authorisations of GM products have been flouted by member states wanting to maintain national bans, a controversial issue, because the EU Council of Ministers has backed them. In a new report on EU GM controls, the Commission promised to ...
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