Revived Rome Clears Way To Fast-Track GM Food Contamination

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Revived Rome Clears Way To Fast-Track GM Food Contamination
Brussels is planning to allow each member state to decide whether to grow GM foods or to ban them. The European Commission today published proposals that it said were designed to give countries more freedom and flexibility over the cultivation of genetically modified crops. But opponents of 'Frankenstein foods' warned that the changes would speed up the approval regime for the controversial crops and ensure that efforts by some states to block them will be side-stepped. At present, EU countries vote together on whether to allow applications to grow new GM crops. In future, once scientists working for the commission approve a new crop or food as safe, any of the 27 member states will be allowed to grow it or put in on shop shelves. Other countries, which in the past might have blocked approval, will be able to implement their own boycott. The commission said the new regime, which must still be approved by EU governments and the European Parliament, 'seeks to achieve the right balance between maintaining an EU authorisation system and the freedom for member states to decide on GM cultivation in their territory'. Health and consumer policy commissioner John Dalli said: 'Experience with GM organisms so far shows that member states need more flexibility to organise the co- existence of GM and other types of crops such as conventional and organic crops. 'A very thorough safety assessment and a reinforced monitoring system are priorities in GM cultivation and are therefore being pursued vigorously.'

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