Six GM maize varieties approved as food/feed, but not for cultivation
After member states failed to return majority decisions for, or against, on three occasions, the Commission made a default decision.
One variety, Syngenta’s Bt11 maize, was up for renewal, while the five others were new authorisations. Products that contain more than 0.9% of these six, or other genetically modified ingredients, must be labelled. But no distinction is required between food products that come from animals fed GM or non-GM feed.
The European Commission has said it intends to propose a tolerance margin for unapproved material in imports, later this year. This is linked to disruption of the EU’s animal feed supply last year, when US shipments to the EU were refused entry due to dust traces of unapproved GM material in the ships.
