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2007-05-17 | permalink
EU Ag Commissioner impressed by U.S. farm size, wishes to speed up GE crop approvals
There are signs of the European Union loosening its stance on accepting products originating from genetically enhanced crops. There are 11 genetically enhanced products that have been approved by the EU and 14 more that are in the approval pipeline, according to Mariann Fischer Boel, Agriculture Commissioner of the EU. Further concessions may have to be made to get the products the EU needs, says Fischer Boel. ”I think that we have to review very seriously the speed with which we approve new (genetically modified products),” said Fischer Boel in response to questions following her address to the World Agriculture Forum this week in St. Louis, ”otherwise we might face a situation where there will be no imports available.”
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2007-05-17 | permalink
EU Ag Commissioner impressed by U.S. farm size, wishes to speed up GE crop approvals
There are signs of the European Union loosening its stance on accepting products originating from genetically enhanced crops. There are 11 genetically enhanced products that have been approved by the EU and 14 more that are in the approval pipeline, according to Mariann Fischer Boel, Agriculture Commissioner of the EU. Further concessions may have to be made to get the products the EU needs, says Fischer Boel. ”I think that we have to review very seriously the speed with which we approve new (genetically modified products),” said Fischer Boel in response to questions following her address to the World Agriculture Forum this week in St. Louis, ”otherwise we might face a situation where there will be no imports available.”
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