EU states order tests on US imports

A draft Commission Decision imposing mandatory counter testing for unauthorised GMOs in all imports of US long grain rice was endorsed 23 October 2006 by Member State experts in the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. The decision follows the lack of agreement by the US authorities to a common sampling and testing protocol which would ensure a high level of consistency and accuracy in the tests for the unauthorised GM rice LLRICE601 in consignments to the EU.

European Commission: Press Release, IP/06/1468: GM rice: Standing Committee backs Commission Decision on strict counter testing of US rice imports http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1468&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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