23.03.2004 | permalink
EU Commission in agreement on GM thresholds for seeds?
According to reliable sources in Brussels the Directorates General on Environment, Agriculture and Consumers have agreed to propose labelling thresholds between 0,3% and 0,5% for "adventitious" presence of GMOs in non-GM seeds and to basically re-introduce the Commissions proposal, which had been withdrawn under public and institutional pressure in October last year. The new draft for a Directive will be sent to Commissioners this week and could be officially submitted by mid April.