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EU Council Formally OKs Law Allowing Member States To Ban GMO Cultivation

March 3, 2015 at 3:22 PM
The Council of the European Union yesterday (March 2) formally approved legislation allowing member states to ban or restrict the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for reasons other than health or safety. This was the final procedural step in approving the legislation, which had already been informally signed off on by member state officials and approved by the European Parliament in a plenary vote in January. The law will take effect 20 days after its publication in the Official...

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