Brussels, 05/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - Nineteen of the twenty-eight EU member states have informed the European Commission of their intention to opt out of the growing of GMOs in some or all of their land, although these GMOs have been given the go-ahead to be grown in the EU.
The Commission made the announcement on Sunday 4 October, the day after the deadline for the member states to notify their intentions under EU Directive 2015/412/EU, which gives them greater room for manoeuvre to...