Changes in biotech regulations must not be an attempt to further delay the approvals process

10-Dec-2008 - EU Environment Ministers concluded a 6 month long process designed to reinforce the ongoing work by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the environmental risk assessment guidelines for ag biotech cultivation. EuropaBio welcomes the Council’s support for ensuring that the EU biotech ...

BASF Plant Science takes Amflora case to EU Court

BASF filed action against the EU Commission for failure to act

28-Jul-2008 - BASF Plant Science filed an action with the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg against the EU Commission for failure to act. According to the company, the approval process of the cultivation of Amflora, its genetically improved potato, has been unjustifiably delayed by the EU ...

Commission procrastinates on GMOs while millions of farmers worldwide are growing them

09-May-2008 - The EU Commission held a debate on the biotech crop approval process in Europe and sent out a disappointing signal when it agreed to send back three cultivation dossiers which had been positively assessed. Europe is already lagging behind worldwide competition when it comes to biotech crops: more ...

BIO Urges Congress to Further Increase FDA Budget

Commends President for Proposed Funding Increases to FDA, Pandemic Preparedness and Biodefense Countermeasures

13-Feb-2007 - The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) praised the proposed budget for FY2008 announced by President Bush as a good starting point and urged Congress to further increase funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "It is critical to ensure that the FDA has the resources necessary ...

Council fails again to vote on biotech maize

22-Sep-2005 - The EU Agriculture Council of Ministers was unable to reach agreement on the import and processing of 1507 maize, including animal feed use in the European Union. The product is already approved in 12 other countries around the world and meets all the EU's regulatory requirements, including three ...

Member States refuse to Lift Illegal Bans on GM Products

28-Jun-2005 - The EU Environment Council failed to lift the bans by 5 Member States on EU-approved GM products, despite conclusions by the EU's own scientific authorities that these products are safe: Austria: Bayer CropScience T25 maize, Syngenta Bt176 maize, Monsanto MON810 maize France: Bayer CropScience ...

EU Member States are asked to lift GM bans by the EU Commission

29-Nov-2004 - The EU Commission will ask a number of EU Member States to lift their bans on certain EU approved GM products on November 29th at the Regulatory Committee meeting in Brussels. Five Member States have national bans on 5 EU-approved biotech crops. These bans were imposed using the safeguard clause ...