The European Parliament was last night set to give in to member states’ demands

Date: 28/11/1996

in conciliation talks on novel foods. The two sides were expected to agree that such products, which include genetically-altered fruit and vegetables, should only be labelled as containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) if these made them “no longer equivalent” to the original food. MEPs had called for all GMOs in food to be indicated, but ministers said such detailed labelling was unnecessary.