Europe clears 19 more GM products
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THE European Union has cleared 19 controversial genetically modified products including human food, animal feed and cut flowers, the European Commission said yesterday.
The new lines are produced by companies including US giants Monsanto and DuPont, and German firms Bayer and BASF.
“All the GMOs (genetically modified organisms) approved today have been proved to be safe before their placing on the EU market,” the commission said in a statement.
The 10-year authorizations will be added to the EU’s existing list of 58 GM food and feed products.
The newly authorized foods are varieties of maize, soybean, oilseed rape and cotton.
Last week, the EU announced plans to allow its 28 member states to individually decide whether to allow the import of GM foods and animal feeds.
The environmental group Greenpeace said the new authorizations showed that EC chief Jean-Claude Juncker was “moving closer to the US and Monsanto” instead of its citizens.
“Earlier this week Juncker broke his promise to change rules that force GM crops onto the EU market even if a majority of countries opposes them,” Greenpeace EU food policy director Franziska Achterberg said.
“Today he opened the flood gates to a new wave of GM crops only to please US biotech corporations and trade negotiators.”
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