EU EXPERT GROUP TO PRONOUNCE ON ETHICS OF NEW FOOD PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies is drafting advice on the morality of modern food production techniques and policies, for publication by December. The European Commission body is considering the ethics of food security policies, agricultural sustainability, the global food trade, biofuels, the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, GMOs and intellectual property rights.
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THE EUROPEAN Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies is drafting advice on the morality of modern food production techniques and policies, for publication by December. The European Commission body is considering the ethics of food security policies, agricultural sustainability, the global food trade, biofuels, the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, GMOs and intellectual property rights.
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