EU lifts five-year ban on GM foods, but shoppers will have choice

From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2003 - 22:59:22 MDT

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    "The European Union will lift its five-year moratorium on
     genetically modified produce to try to defuse a row with
    America, but will impose strict labelling so that supermarket
    shoppers have choice.

    The new rules, to be approved by Euro-MPs today, clear
    the way for bio-crops to be grown and sold in Europe for
    the first time since 1998, but impose tough conditions. The
    bio-tech industry says that this will make the EU fall further
    behind America in a key area.

    All packets of crisps and biscuits and fizzy drink sold in
    supermarkets will have to be labelled a GM product if it
    contains 0.9 per cent GM material, even if it comes from
    derived products and refined oils that no longer contain
    any DNA trace of genetically modified organisms."

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