Brussels, 04/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - Last December the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health failed to reach a decision on whether to issue an opinion on marketing authorisation (MA) into the EU of products that contain genetically modified maize GA21. On Thursday 31 January, the European Commission presented the Council of Ministers of the EU with a draft decision calling for the authorisation of these products.
The attached proposal from the Commission involves food and...