INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EUROPE LOOSENS EU-WIDE GM FOOD CONTROLS
April 21st, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a revising the EU authorisation procedure for genetically modified food and feed allowing individual member states can opt out and ban EU-approved GM foods and feed on their territories. But the proposals face stiff opposition from the biotech industry, which says Brussels is effectively renationalising EU-wide GM authorisations. The US Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman was disappointed, especially as the move could complicate efforts to forge an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). He said the ...
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