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2009-04-23 |

International Egg Commission warns about 600% feed cost increase

Peter van Horne, an economic analyst with the International Egg Commission, told the IEC London Conference that expenditure on feed could rise by as much as 600 per cent if the EU did not act. It needed to speed up the approval process for new varieties of genetically modified crops and adopt a more relaxed approach to those varieties awaiting approval. He told the conference that there had been a rapid increase in the cultivation of GM crops and this could prove to be a problem, particularly in Europe.

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2009-04-23 |

International Egg Commission warns about 600% feed cost increase

Peter van Horne, an economic analyst with the International Egg Commission, told the IEC London Conference that expenditure on feed could rise by as much as 600 per cent if the EU did not act. It needed to speed up the approval process for new varieties of genetically modified crops and adopt a more relaxed approach to those varieties awaiting approval. He told the conference that there had been a rapid increase in the cultivation of GM crops and this could prove to be a problem, particularly in Europe.

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