Brussels authorizes genetically modified corn

Published 2024년 1월 27일

Tridge summary

The European Commission has given the green light for the use of genetically modified corn as food for both humans and animals, and has also renewed the authorization for two types of genetically modified rapeseed. These authorizations, valid for a decade, are based on a positive evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority, which deemed these crops as safe as their traditional counterparts. However, the approval only allows for the import of these genetically modified organisms into the EU from third countries, not their cultivation within the EU. Any products derived from these crops will have to adhere to strict EU labeling and traceability standards.
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This Friday, January 26, the European Commission (EC) gave the green light to the use of genetically modified corn as food for people and animals, and also renewed the authorization for the same purposes of two types of genetically modified rapeseed. Brussels highlighted in a statement that the authorizations followed "the exhaustive and rigorous EU food safety procedures, which guarantee a high level of protection of human, animal and environmental health." He added that the decisions announced today are based on a “favorable” scientific evaluation by the European Food Safety Authority, which concluded that these crops are “as safe as their conventional equivalents.” “The Commission had a legal obligation to make a decision on these crops, since the Member States did not reach a qualified majority (for or against authorization) in the standing committee or in the subsequent appeal committee” “The Commission had a legal obligation to make a decision on these crops, since the ...

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