On Tuesday 6 July, the European Parliament vetoed, as it always does, the European Commission’s proposals to authorise or renew the marketing authorisation in the EU of herbicide-resistant transgenic maize and soya varieties for use in food and animal feed.
For the four dossiers under discussion, which concern both GMOs and products containing them, MEPs cited the protection of human health and the environment, shortcomings in EFSA’s risk assessment and the authorisation procedure’s...