EU faces deadline on GM food ban
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The World Trade Organization could impose trade sanctions because of restrictions on GM crop imports.
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Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.
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European consumers are at risk from  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China  after evidence of a strain was found in Britain, France and  Germany, environment group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.
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European Union environment ministers rejected an appeal Monday to force Austria to lift a ban on two biotech crop products, which the European Commission says violates international trade rules.
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As study shows organic health benefits Just days after the European Commission gave its stamp of approval to four new GM plants, a report has revealed that the area of Europe's arable land devoted to genetically modified crops has risen by 77 per cent in the last year. The total area of GM cultivation is now 1,000 square kilometres*.â¦
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The European Union agreed Monday to stop buying maize its farmers could not sell above a set price, as the 27-nation bloc&#39;s grain silos were close to bursting with unsold stocks.
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The European Union head office cleared the sale of food and food ingredients derived from a new genetically modified corn variety, arguing Tuesday that clear labeling will give consumers a choice of whether to use it.
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The United States will have to wait until next year to see its fight with the European Union over biotech foods resolved, as the World Trade Organization agreed to an EU request to bring scientists into the debate, officials said Thursday.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (IPS) - The European Union has decided to maintain a target  for increasing the use of biofuels despite mounting concerns that  its strategy could worsen global hunger.
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The European Union has authorized  imports of four genetically modified (GMO) crop products for  sale across its 27 national markets for the next 10 years, the  European Commission said on Wednesday.
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The European Union executive asked the  World Trade Organization on Monday to rule that it was illegal  for the United States and Canada to retain sanctions on EU  exports to counter the bloc's ban on hormone-treated beef.
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French ministers tried on Tuesday to calm  tensions following the government's decision to ban cultivation  of the sole genetically modified (GMO) crop grown in the  country, stressing that the move was temporary.
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EU ministers and national experts are  due to approve a genetically modified (GMO) sugar beet variety  this month despite a long running dispute over the use of  biotechnology.
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The European Union executive asked the World Trade Organization on Monday to rule that it was illegal for the United States and Canada to retain sanctions on EU exports to counter the bloc&#39;s ban on hormone-treated beef.
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The European Union approved on Wednesday the first biotech seeds for planting and sale across EU territory, angering green groups who maintain they could contaminate other crops.
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Hungary's government sees a good  chance that an upcoming meeting of European Union environment  ministers will allow it to maintain its ban on genetically  modified crops, the Environment Ministry said on Monday.
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France is reportedly planning a freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, which cover less than one percent of farmland in Europe&#39;s top agricultural producer.