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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11409

14 October 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo
Commission should reconsider GMO legislation

Brussels, 13/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - The outcome was never in any doubt. The European Commission proposal that member states should be able to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was overwhelmingly rejected by the European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety committee in Brussels on Tuesday 13 October.

The committee massively opposed the proposal (47 votes to 3, with 5 abstentions) to amend Regulation 1829/2003 on...

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