Agriculture committee opposes national bans on Imports of GM food and feed - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

The agriculture committee on Thursday rejected the Commission's draft law that would give member states the power to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GM food or feed on their territory. It fears that arbitrary national bans could distort competition on the EU's single market and...

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Published inM2 Presswire
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Coventry Normans Media Ltd 03.09.2015
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Food safety
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Summary:The agriculture committee on Thursday rejected the Commission's draft law that would give member states the power to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GM food or feed on their territory. It fears that arbitrary national bans could distort competition on the EU's single market and jeopardise the Union's food production sectors which are heavily dependent on imports of GM feed.