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Not a single government agency, or the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), or anyone, has reviewed let alone vouched for this (Photo: reflets de vert)

The MEPs' vote on new GMOs that's a gift to corporations

On Wednesday (7 February) MEPs will vote in the Strasbourg plenary on a proposal that would scrap any safety checks for GMOs (NGTs), as well as labelling and traceability requirements. Many of these MEPs, I suspect, will scratch their heads a few times about the implications of this deregulation proposal.

A few things stand out. The European Parliament rapporteur Jessica Polfjärd's (of the centre-right Europea...

Not a single government agency, or the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), or anyone, has reviewed let alone vouched for this (Photo: reflets de vert)

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Nina Holland is a researcher at Corporate Europe Observatory in Brussels, the NGO monitoring EU political lobbying.

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