| Author (Person) | Chaffin, Joshua |
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| Series Title | Financial Times |
| Series Details | 3.3.10 |
| Publication Date | 03/03/2010 |
| Content Type | News |
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The European Commission announced on the 2 March 2010 its intention to come up with a proposal by the summer of 2010 to allow more choice to Member States in deciding whether to cultivate GMO's. Under the current legal framework, as decided by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission has adopted two decisions concerning the Genetically Modified Amflora potato: the first authorises the cultivation of Amflora in the EU for industrial use, and the second relates to the use of Amflora's starch by-products as feed. The European Commission also adopted on the 2 March 2010 three decisions on the placing on the market of three GM maize products for food and feed uses but not for cultivation. All five authorisations were subjected to the highest scrutiny, ensuring all concerns regarding the presence of an antibiotic resistance marker gene are fully addressed. The Decision to authorise the cultivation of Amflora is the end of a process which started in Sweden in January 2003 and is based on a considerable volume of sound science. |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe |
