Press Release: Commission requires certification of US rice exports to stop unauthorised GMO entering the EU

The European Commission has adopted a decision requiring imports of long grain rice from the USA to be certified as free from the unauthorised GMO LL Rice 601, 23 August 2006. The decision has been taken in light of the recent announcement by the US authorities that this unauthorised GMO had been found in samples of commercial rice on the US market (see MEX/06/0821). The emergency measures adopted by the Commission mean that, with immediate effect, only consignments of US long grain rice that have been tested by an accredited laboratory using a validated testing method and accompanied by a certificate assuring the absence of LL Rice 601, can enter the EU.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/06/310 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/310&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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