FOOD MANUFACTURERS WILL HAVE TO REDOUBLE CHECKS FOR GM MATERIAL AFTER ECJ RULING
August 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) good manufacturers will have to redouble checks ensuring ingredients are not contaminated with genetically modified material (GM) after a ruling from European Court of Justice (ECJ) yesterday (Thursday Sept 8). Judges have ruled that noon-GM food sold in the EU has its character changed by such contamination - becoming effectively a new product and so requires a new market approval authorisation. "That classification may be made irrespective of whether contamination by the substance in question was intentional or ...
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