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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gmo

5 GMOs authorised until 18 April will be withdrawn from the market at end of April - manufacturers have not renewed request for their authorisation

Brussels, 20/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Five genetically modified organisms (GMO), authorised in the EU for human and animal foods, will be withdrawn from the market at the end of April. This involves two varieties of maize (BT 176 and GA21xMON810) and three trans-genetic kinds of rapeseed (Ms1Rf1, MS1Rf2 and Topas 19/2). On 20 March representatives from member states at the EU's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health approved the Commission proposals for withdrawing the GMOs...

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