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2009-07-01 | permalink
GE maize strain MON810 safe: EU food agency
Only a handful of genetically modified crop have been approved for cultivation in the European Union, but of them only the controversial MON810 maize strain is so far being grown, according to the European Commission. It was approved back in 1998. When EU environment ministers in March refused to force countries to lift their ban on MON810 only Britain, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden supported the EU executive’s bid.
Agence France Presse, France: GMO maize strain safe: EU food agency- The Financial Times, UK: EU scientific authority says GM maize is safe
- Reuters, UK: EU paves way to prolong biotech maize cultivation
- European Food Safety Authority, Italy: Applications (EFSA-GMO-RX-MON810) for renewal of authorisation for the continued marketing of (1) existing food and food ingredients produced from genetically modified insect resistant maize MON810; (2) feed consisting of and/or containing maize MON8
