Biotech Updates

European Union Awaits November Vote on GM Crops

October 29, 2014

The European Parliament's environment, public health and food safety (ENVI) committee is due to give its opinion on the draft report on biotech crops regulation on November 5, 2014, which is three years since the Parliament made votes on future legislation on the restriction of biotech crops in their territories. At present, only MON810 maize has been permitted for cultivation in Europe since 1998. In addition, seven requests are pending for approval.

For more information, read the article of the parliament's rapporteur on GMOs at  https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/feature/gmos-decision-marks-end-three-year-wait-eu and his draft report at http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-537.550%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN.