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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11568

9 June 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) gmo
European Parliament vetoes glyphosate-resistant maize and carnations for food

Strasbourg, 08/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - It was without surprise that, in Strasbourg on Wednesday 8 June, the European Parliament for the umpteenth time objected to authorisations to market new GMOs for use in foods - maize resistant to inter alia glyphosate and a transgenic carnation.

Parliament said it had voted as it did for reasons of public health and environmental protection, given the controversy surrounding the weedkiller glyphosate and the lack of assessment of the risk to human...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ECONOMY - FINANCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS