The European Parliament in Strasbourg, on Wednesday 30 May, again vetoed, for public health and environmental protection reasons, authorisation for the placing on the market of genetically modified organisms (GMO) resistant to herbicides. This was despite the fact that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) had issued a favourable opinion.
The first vote of objection concerned the renewal of authorisation for genetically modified maize GA21 (MON-00021-9) intended for food and feed, as...