EU: Ministers dally on GM approval
By: Keith Nuthall | 20 October 2009
The EU Council of Ministers has flouted the appeal - made only last week - by EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to stop shirking responsibility over approving genetically modified food for sale.
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The EU Council of Ministers has flouted the appeal - made only last week - by EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel to stop shirking responsibility over approving genetically modified food for sale.
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