23.03.2004 |

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"adventitious" presence of GMOs in non-GM seeds and to basically re-introduce the Commissions proposal, which had been withdrawn under public and institutional pressure in October last year.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.