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EU food safety watchdog backs controversial Commission plan on new GMO plants
The European Food Safety Authority opinion on new GMOs contradicts the findings of the French, German and Austrian health and environment agencies
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More misery for farmers as EU Parliament endorses draft law to deregulate GMOs
Brussels - The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed a controversial European Commission plan that exempts many new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current safety rules, ignoring critical science, and farmer and consumer rights.
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MEP backing for GMO deregulation threatens rights of farmers
The European Commission proposal on new GMOs, and amendments supported today by the European Parliament’s environment committee, risk violating the rights of farmers and consumers, according to new legal analysis by Greenpeace.
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Draft EU law on new GMOs threatens legal rights of farmers, faces ECJ rejection
New legal analysis by Greenpeace has found the draft law by the European Commission on new GMOs could violate the individual rights of farmers, in particular their fundamental rights to property and the freedom to run a business.
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EU governments fail to agree Commission plan for new GMOs to escape safety testing
Agriculture ministers failed to reach a political agreement on a plan by the European Commission that would allow a new brand of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) produced with new genomic techniques (NGTs) to escape safety testing. The proposal would scrap most safety checks governing the release of GMOs, despite scientist warnings.
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Spanish EU presidency pushes ahead with controversial plan to allow new GMOs to escape safety testing
Greenpeace EU media briefing – December 2023
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New brand of GMOs would escape safety testing under EU Commission plan – briefing
A summary of how the European Commission's plans to deregulate new GMOs may affect the environment, farmers, consumers, retailers, governments and human health.
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GMO deregulation disregards safety and consumer rights, Greenpeace
The European Commission’s proposed deregulation of a new strand of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) disregards safety and consumer rights, Greenpeace has warned.
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NGO letter to EU Commission on new GMOs
Greenpeace wrote the the European Commission to warn against the far-reaching deregulation of GMOs in agriculture and food.
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EU Commission opening the door for new GMOs
The European Commission is gearing up to exempt new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current environmental rules, Greenpeace has warned.