The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has approved the safety of a genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape for use in foods and feed on the EU market.
Europe rejects the entry of a GM food crop supplied by biotech
giant Monsanto into the food chain with officials from the 25
member states failing to reach a qualified majority at the vote
yesterday.
Demonstrating the clear divisions that exist between member states
and the European Commission over genetically modified foodstuffs,
in the same week that Belgian ministers threw out an application
for an oilseed rape, the EU's...
Throwing the cat among the pigeons, UK government advisors
confirmed yesterday that GM herbicide tolerant (HT) crops could
harm wildlife, including farmland birds.
Environmental groups Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth (FoE),
together with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), recently
urged EU governments and the European Commission to safeguard
European agriculture and biodiversity by...
