GM FEED APPROVAL
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has authorised the import into the European Union (EU) of a genetically modified oilseed rape GT73 for animal feed. Brussels will also allow the Monsanto developed rape to be processed in the EU. It is tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate, and, said the Commission, "is already widely used in North America with no reports of any adverse effects on health or the environment". Refined oil derived from GT73 oilseed rape was approved for EU food use in 1997. The Commission was able to make this latest decision because of a ...
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