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EU moves closer to lifting ban on GMOs

by Sharon Spiteri, STRASBOURG,

MEPs gave their go-ahead for the lifting of the European ban on Genetically Modified Foods by introducing a labelling system which would enable consumers to choose whether or not to buy GM foods.

The EU hopes that by lifting its moratorium, it will ease tensions between the EU and other countries, particularly the US, and the World Trade Organisation.

The US has been hoping for the past 5 years that the EU will lift its mo...

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