The European Commission has announced plans to improve the much criticised way the EU approves biotech crops into the bloc, in an attempt to regain the confidence of its 25 member states.
The plan "is crucial ... to increase the confidence in the rules that apply to GMO approval," said a commission spokeswoman on Wednesday (12 April).
Because member states are normally deadlocked on the GM issue, it automatically falls to the commission to authorise GM products in the end, despite...
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