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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8553

1 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers/gmo
Introduction in legislation on tolerance level for unforeseen presence of GMO in seeds threatens free choice of consumers, states BEUC

Brussels, 30/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - Concerned with consumer freedom to choose to accept or refuse foodstuffs containing GMO, the European Consumers Organisation (BEUC) is concerned with the Commission proposal aiming to establish a tolerance level of between 0.3% and 0.7% for the unforeseen or technically unavoidable presence of genetically modified materials in conventional or biological seeds (see bulletin of 18 September, p. 13). Let us recall that GMO, accidentally present in seeds in...

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