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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8919

2 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo
Commission regrets imports of unauthorised maize

Brussels, 01/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission regrets the accidental importation into the EU of a genetically modified maize for which marketing approval has never been granted. Since 2001, one thousand tonnes of Bt10 maize produced by the Swiss group, Syngenta, have been inadvertently imported in the EU to be used in food and feed. The European Commissioner responsible for the dossier, Markos Kyprianou, has therefore called on Syngenta and the US authorities to provide...

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