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Although this Council common position does not meet all of Parliament’s demands, it improves the current legal framework for controlling genetically modified organisms (GMOs). We know, however, that it will constitute yet another step towards justifying lifting the moratorium, which should be maintained.
The compromise reached, though far from perfect, does ensure that all food and feed containing, consisting of or produced from GMOs will in future be regulated by a more coherent and uniform authorisation process, with authorisations lasting no longer than 10 years.
Furthermore, all genetically modified foodstuffs must be labelled as such, regardless of whether GMOs can be detected in them. The possibility for Member States to take appropriate measures to prevent adventitious contamination of conventional or organic crops by GMOs is also accorded prominence, though it is difficult to conceive of effective control mechanisms once GMOs have been released into the environment, since borders have been removed and goods can move freely.
Nevertheless, I regret the fact that the thresholds for adventitious or technically unavoidable contamination by as yet unauthorised GMOs have been set at 0.5%, even if only for a transitional period. There should be ‘zero tolerance’ in this area."@en1
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