10.03.2004 |

EU farm ministers to discuss lifting GMO ban April

EU farm ministers will debate dropping a five-year ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at their next meeting April 26-27 by authorising a new biotech sweetcorn variety to be sold in tins on shop shelves. The EU is split over genetically modified products but in the event of deadlock, the European Commission can endorse the proposal.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4520338">Reuters</a>