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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10323

25 February 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Controversy over threshold in imported feeds

Brussels, 24/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - The approval by member states representatives of the draft regulation which will harmonise implementation throughout the EU of the zero tolerance policy on non-authorised genetically modified (GM) material in animal feeds has drawn the ire of GMO opponents with its acceptance of a 0.1% threshold for the presence of GM material.

For the Commission, the 0.1% is not a tolerance threshold but a measure below which it is currently impossible to detect GMOs...

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