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    MEPs oppose Commission plans to authorise five GMOs

    npsBy nps6 October 2016Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments2 Mins Read
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    MEPs oppose Commission plans to authorise five GMOs

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    (STRASBOURG) – Members of the European Parliament voiced strong opposition Thursday to EU Commission plans to authorise five GMO products, calling for reform of the EU’s GMO authorisation procedure.

    MEPs voted in five non-binding resolutions against plans to authorise five GMO products, maize Bt11, 1507 and MON810 (seeds and products), and a glyphosate-resistant cotton.

    The resolutions on maize Bt11 and maize 1507 warned they could harm “non-target” species of butterflies and moths. MEPs questioned the concept, introduced by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), of an “acceptable local mortality” of non-target lepidopteran species.

    The EFSA assessment of maize MON 810 seeds lacks data, said MEPs, who pointed out that possible cross-contamination by an invasive plant carrying Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin, used as a pesticide, poses “major risks for farmers and the environment”.

    In the cases of MON810 products and genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 × 3006-210-23 × MON 88913 (DAS-24236-5×DAS-21Ø23-5×MON-88913-8), MEPs pointed out that GMOs are now being authorised in the EU by the Commission, without the support of opinions of member state committees. This was supposed to be an exception to the usual decision-taking procedure, but it has in fact become the norm.

    A separate EU law that would enable any EU member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was opposed by Parliament in October 2015.

    MEPs are concerned that this law might prove unworkable or that it could lead to the reintroduction of border checks between pro- and anti-GMO countries. They have called on the Commission to table a new proposal.

    Further information, European Parliament

    Adopted texts (2016/2919(RSP) 2016/2922(RSP) 2016/2920(RSP) 2016/2921(RSP) 2016/2923(RSP)) will soon be available here (06.10.2016)

    EP research: Imports of GM food and feed Right of Member States to opt out

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