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Yes or no to GMOs
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Yes or NO to GMOs? Its in the hands of the Member States. Though some GM crops are considered safe to grow, EU countries could ban them based on environmental concerns. Watch the EuroparlTV video.
EU urged to allow trace GM in food imports
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A number of European Union governments urged the bloc's executive to allow tiny traces of genetically modified (GM) material in food imports for human consumption as well as in animal feed, an EU source said.
Joint Research Initiative Publishes Report on Methods for GMO Detection
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The Joint Research Initiative of the European Commission has released a collection of reference methods for the detection and analysis of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).The report comprises 79 reference methods which have been validated accord...
Member States Criticize Proposal on GMO
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The Member States have criticized and in fact rejected a proposal by the European Commission on a new type of regulation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to EUobserver both pro-GMO and anti-GMO Member States have objected the newly...
GM crops: that’s your problem
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(Version Francaise) On July 13th, the European Commission officially announced its plan for a new regulation of GM crops – My comments follow. Full disclosure: My not so valuable opinion: Let’s start with a simple point: my point of view...
Commission releases frankencrops to the member states.
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The Irish Times opines that The most important founding principle of the European Union, indeed,...
Finally: a New Regime for GMO Approval
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The Commission has finally made a proposal on a new regime for the approval of genetically modified organisms (GMO). The Commission proposes to confer to Member States the freedom to allow, restrict or ban the cultivation of Genetically Modified Orga...
Council conclusions: Six genetically modified maize varieties approved
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The 3025th Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries held in Luxembourg on 29 June 2010 examined proposals for decisions authorizing the use of six genetically modified maize varieties in food and feed, excluding cultivation, have been presented t...
Sweet genes arm banana crops
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Scientists in Uganda have developed GM bananas that show promising resistance to the deadly banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease. Bananas are Uganda's leading non-cereal crop with some 70 per cent of the population depending on it as staple food. Mo...
Greatly Mixed-up Objectives
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Earlier this week we had an Agriculture Council meeting in Luxembourg. Among the many issues discussed, there were two rather contradictory points on the agenda. One the one hand, we had yet another deadlock in the vote on the approval of three varie...
Germany sued over GM maize ban
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Monsanto Company is suing the German government for banning its genetically modified insect resistan...
How Can We Rid Europe of GMOs?
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We call on the European Union to regulate the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and force businesses to better inform consumers. Today, GMOs are invading Europe through animal feed. Seed firms are hoping to undermine the GMO ban by prepari...
Field Trials of GM Maize, Barley in Europe
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Several genetically modified crop varieties are scheduled for limited, non-commercial release in Ice...
Germany joins ranks of anti-GMO countries
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Berlin joined France, Greece, Hungary and other EU countries opposed to GM crop cultivation by order...
