UK to back plan for changing zero-tolerance policy

The Observer understands that the UK intends to back EU plans permitting the importing of animal feed containing maximum traces of 0.1 percent of unauthorised GM. Environmental groups are alarmed.

Importing animal feed containing GM feed must at present be authorised by European regulators. But a vote last week in favour of the scheme put forward by the EU's standing committee on the food chain and animal health would overturn the EU's "zero tolerance" policy towards the import of unauthorised GM crops.

The move would mark a significant victory for the GM lobby, which has pushed for a relaxation of the blanket ban for years.

Environmental groups claim the GM industry wants to use the presence of unauthorised organisms in animal feed as part of a wider strategy to promote its technology. Read more...

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