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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11433
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No expert agreement on import of glyphosate-resistant soybeans

Brussels, 18/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - Member state experts on the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed were unable, on Wednesday 18 November, to come to agreement on whether or not import authorisation for three genetically modified varieties of soybeans should be granted. The genetic modification makes them resistant to glyphosate, a total herbicide which EFSA has just declared is probably not carcinogenic, even though the WHO and the IARC (International Agency for Research...

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