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How will member states know if a GMO is used in food, if they can't prevent its import? (Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture)

EU agriculture ministers pummel GMO opt-out plan

EU agriculture ministers were almost unanimous on Monday (13 July) in expressing their scepticism about a European Commission proposal to give individual member states the power to ban the use of genetically modified (GM) ingredients in human and animal food.

Minister after minister at a meeting in Brussels criticised the commission's proposal as incomplete, impractical, or unnecessary.

“The proposal has created more questions than provided solutions”, said German deputy food and ...

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How will member states know if a GMO is used in food, if they can't prevent its import? (Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture)

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