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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8837

30 November 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Member States again decide on proposal authorising EU to import genetically modified maize MON 863 - Council to speak

Brussels, 29/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday Member States once again failed to obtain a majority for deciding on whether to allow imports into the EU of a new GMO: the MON 863 maize produced by agro-foods giant Monsanto, which has been modified to resist certain insects. This genetically modified maize was notified to the German authorities for processing human and animal feed purposes but not for cultivation purposes.

The issue was tackled in September by experts at the regulation...

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