Brussels, 13/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - In adopting the report by Martin Häusling (Greens/EFA, Germany) on organic farming and the labelling of organic products by the wide majority of 33 votes to 4, with 7 abstentions, the European Parliament agriculture committee brought significant amendments to the initial proposal, among which, not setting new thresholds for pesticides in organic products.
The committee also approved (by 37 votes to 5, with 2 abstentions) the mandate to allow the...