GM APPROVALS DECISION-MAKING EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CURRENT EU president Austria is pushing for tighter EU controls on approving GM food products. Because of a deadlock amongst member states, the European Commission has been authorising GM market approvals, upsetting countries such as Austria, which oppose such permissions.
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THE CURRENT EU president Austria is pushing for tighter EU controls on approving GM food products. Because of a deadlock amongst member states, the European Commission has been authorising GM market approvals, upsetting countries such as Austria, which oppose such permissions.
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