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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11762

6 April 2017
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Gmo
Parliament votes against authorisation of GM maize and 20 sub-combinations
Brussels, 05/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

As far as herbicide-resistant GMOs are concerned, the same causes produce the same effects: for the European Parliament, that means refusal of authorisation in the EU for food and feed.

In Strasbourg on Wednesday 5 April, MEPs rejected Commission proposals seeking to authorise the import of maize Bt11 x 59122 x MIR604 x1507 x GA21 by Syngenta and transgenic maize combining two, three or four genetic traits of the varieties Bt11, 59122, MIR604, 1507 and GA21 (see EUROPE 11750).

The resolution...

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