For public health and environmental reasons, the European Parliament’s environment committee put down a veto, on Thursday 28 September, on the Commission proposal to authorise a variety of transgenic soybean treated with mixtures of herbicides, including glyphosate, for food purposes in the EU.
The proposal of objection to the import of hybrid soybean FG72 x A5547-127, along with products containing it and made from it, was adopted by majority vote (see EUROPE 11832). It will be put to the...