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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11063

18 April 2014
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) gmos
EP confirms no GMO pollen labelling in honey

Brussels, 17/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - There will be no GMO pollen label for honey. Unsurprisingly, the European Parliament voted in this sense and formally confirmed, during the evening of Wednesday 16 April, the agreement concluded with the Council to amend EU legislation on honey (Directive 2001/110/EC) defining pollen as a natural part of honey, in compliance with World Trade Organisation standards and subsequently circumventing compulsory labelling. Julie Girling (ECR, United Kingdom),...

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