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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8358

11 December 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment/gmo
Council political agreement on traceability and labelling of GMO derived foodstuffs is welcomed as step forward for information and freedom of consumer choice

Brussels, 10/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Environment Ministers from Member States reached a political agreement on Monday evening on the draft regulation that will impose strict traceability and labelling obligations on food chain operators concerning traceability and labelling of foodstuffs and animal feed that are derived from GMOs. This will impact on operators trade transactions, as well as on consumers. In the terms of this agreement, each operator involved in a production or distribution...

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