Here's my article selection of the week: EU -Β Environment Committee backs flexibility for EU countries to ban GMO crops, from European Parliament ENVI Committee: long-awaited draft plans to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms on their own territory even if it is allowed at EU … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 45)
Written Q&A to EU Commission – Suspension of GM MON810 maize cultivation in France
Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Marc Tarabella (S&D) 25th August 2014 Subject:Β Suspension of MON 810 genetically modified maize On 1Β August, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued an opinion dismissing the use by the French Government of the safeguard clause to ban the cultivation of MON 810 genetically modified maize … Continue reading Written Q&A to EU Commission – Suspension of GM MON810 maize cultivation in France
