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2007-01-17 | permalink
EU lifts extra GMO controls on U.S. maize imports
EU biotech experts have lifted extra controls on U.S. maize products for proving the absence of an unauthorised genetically modified (GMO) organism since they are no longer needed, the European Commission said on Tuesday. In April 2005, the EU said U.S. exports of corn gluten feed and brewers' grains, a by-product of ethanol, had to be certified by an internationally accredited laboratory to prove the absence of Bt-10 maize, a GMO not authorised in Europe. "Today, (EU) member states voted in favour of lifting the EU requirement for all imports of U.S. corn gluten feed and brewers' grain to be certified as free from the GMO Bt-10," the Commission said in a statement.
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2007-01-17 | permalink
EU lifts extra GMO controls on U.S. maize imports
EU biotech experts have lifted extra controls on U.S. maize products for proving the absence of an unauthorised genetically modified (GMO) organism since they are no longer needed, the European Commission said on Tuesday. In April 2005, the EU said U.S. exports of corn gluten feed and brewers' grains, a by-product of ethanol, had to be certified by an internationally accredited laboratory to prove the absence of Bt-10 maize, a GMO not authorised in Europe. "Today, (EU) member states voted in favour of lifting the EU requirement for all imports of U.S. corn gluten feed and brewers' grain to be certified as free from the GMO Bt-10," the Commission said in a statement.
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