EU backs bid for national bans on GM crops

By Nathan Gray

11-Nov-2014 Last updated on 18-Mar-2017 at 06:18 GMT

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to allow individual countries within the EU to ban the cultivation of genetically modified food crops on their soil, even if the EU has already approved them for wider cultivation.

EU project seeks to improve GM food safety testing

20-Oct-2014

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

An EU-funded project that aims to improve safety testing for genetically modified (GM) foods has published its first results.

Current rules on GM crops ‘create conflict’, says European Commissioner-designate

03-Oct-2014

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

The European Commissioner-elect for health and food safety has said he intends to review rules on GM crop cultivation and broker compromise on animal cloning, among other top-priority topics.

MEPs voice GM cultivation ‘loophole’ concerns: Member states mustn’t face corporate court action

04-Sep-2014

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Legislation on the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops must be made “watertight” to avoid GM-opposing member states being taken to court, the European Parliament has urged in a European Council debate this week.