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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8015

27 July 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety/environment
With its proposals on labelling and traceability of foodstuffs containing GMOs, Commission hopes to obtain lifting of moratorium on GMOs in the Union before 2003

Brussels, 26/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - With its two new proposals of regulation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) present in human foodstuffs and animal feed, adopted on Wednesday, the European Commission hopes to establish Community rules for the traceability and labelling of such products. It hopes these will be sufficiently reliable and effective to satisfactorily complete legislation on this.

The aim is to calm fears expressed by the public on the potential risks of GMOs for...

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