The extension of the approval of glyphosate in the EU remained unresolved following a vote by Member State representatives on Friday 13 October within the Standing Committee on Plants, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF).
The Member States are divided and failed to achieve the qualified majority required (at least 15 countries representing 65% of the EU population) to approve or reject the European Commission’s proposal to authorise use of the active substance in the most widely used and highly...