GM plants: Science, politics and EC regulations

The EU has the probably strictest regulations in the world for the presence of GMOs in food and feed. These require the labeling of food and feed where the level of approved GMO exceeds 0.9% of unintentional adventitious presence. For non-approved GMOs the threshold is ‘zero’ and thus requires that...

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Published in:	Plant science (Limerick) Vol. 178; no. 2; pp. 94 - 98
Main Author:	Davison, John
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2010 [Ireland]: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd Elsevier
Subjects:	agricultural law Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Biological and medical sciences EU GMO regulations Europe European Union exports feeds food crops food safety food storage food transport forage crops Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology gene flow Genetic engineering applications genetically modified foods genetically modified organisms Genetics Genetics and breeding of economic plants GMO adventitious presence GMO coexistence GMO detection GMO labeling GMO thresholds imports international trade labeling Life Sciences literature reviews Plant breeding: fundamental aspects and methodology Plants genetics politics trade barriers transgenic plants Europe GMO detection GMO coexistence GMO thresholds GMO labeling EU GMO regulations GMO adventitious presence Policy Plant biology Coexistence European regulation European Union Transgenic plant Plant sciences Detection Genetically modified organism gmo coexistence gmo labeling gmo thresholds gmo adventitious presence gmo detection eu gmo regulations
ISSN:	0168-9452, 1873-2259
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