EU: Divide deepens between EP and EC over GMO regs for organic food
By: just-food.com | 30 March 2007
The European Parliament has taken a hard line on the levels of genetically modified organisms permissible in organic food, sending proposed legislation back to the Agriculture Committee for further consideration after MEPs voted that the maximum allowable level for accidental contamination by GMOs should be reduced to 0.1%.
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The European Parliament has taken a hard line on the levels of genetically modified organisms permissible in organic food, sending proposed legislation back to the Agriculture Committee for further consideration after MEPs voted that the maximum allowable level for accidental contamination by GMOs should be reduced to 0.1%.
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