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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10998

17 January 2014
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) food
GMO pollen in honey but EP opposes labelling

Brussels, 16/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament supports the European Commission in wanting to amend EU legislation applying to honey (Directive 2001/110/EC) so that, in future, pollen is defined as a natural constituent of honey and not as an ingredient, which will mean that GM pollen found in honey escapes labelling obligations. Following the rapporteur, Julie Girling (ECR, UK), a large majority of the Parliament endorsed the proposal presented by the Commission to clarify...

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