EU freeze on GM food illegal - WTO
May 12, 2006
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has confirmed in a final ruling that an EU moratorium on genetically modified (GM) foodstuff was illegal, but Brussels said yesterday that the finding would not affect policy.
The verdict also condemned six member states - Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Luxembourg - for applying their own bans on GM products.
The decision - in a case brought by the US, Canada and Argentina, the world's biggest GM producers - did not touch on the sensitive issue of whether GM products are safe, or whether they are comparable to conventional products. - Reuters, Geneva
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