Brussels, 30/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On 30 October, the European Commission decided to authorise the use of genetically modified cotton (LLcotton 25) by Bayer CropScience, in human and animal food in the European Union. Food and feed made from this genetically modified cotton or containing elements of it, will therefore have legal rights on the European market
The Request for authorisation was introduced by the German manufacturers in 2005.
The Council of ministers of the EU failed to...