EU member states can decide for themselves whether the introduction of genetically modified crops
BRUSSELS, July 13 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The European Commission on the 13th announced that its members can independently decide whether all or part of the introduction of genetically modified crops.
the European Commission said the move was to facilitate the member states according to their actual situation, decided to allow, restrict or prohibit the planting of transgenic crops.
remind the European Commission, the planting of transgenic crops and traditional ecological crops planted between the need to take appropriate quarantine measures.
the European Commission responsible for Health and Consumer Policy Committee Daly reiterated the European Commission within the European Union approved planting of genetically modified crops is based on rigorous scientific evidence.
this year in March, the European Commission to the United States and Germany, BASF, Monsanto developed two kinds of genetically modified crops the green light, and certainly new technologies help simplify the production process, saving water and energy saving raw materials and reduce the use of chemicals. The European Commission's new decision was to quell the number of environmental experts and food safety experts question the safety of genetically modified crops, challenged.
the European Commission announced the use of genetically modified crops, new requirements, once people use food or animal feed containing more than 0.9% genetically modified crops, the product label must be marked. It also genetically modified crops and conventional crops hybrid ecological requirements of the security gap in order to avoid accidental mixing of genetically modified crops, traditional ecological crop composition, and more than 0.9% target.
