2024, a year of vigilance on the GMO file
The European Commission’s proposal to deregulate GMOs made in 2023 will not have come to an end before the European elections, as its promoters had hoped. However, beside the fact that this proposal is not the only file concerning GMOs, the forthcoming period of suspension of European parliamentary work could be used for bilateral discussions.
French retailers want GMO/NGT to be regulated
When it comes to GMOs, french retailers say they are guided by two main principles: the application of the precautionary principle, and the traceability and consumer information. In France, this stakeholder in the agri-food sector has reservations, to say the least, about the proposed deregulation of GMOs. In June 2023, at the invitation of Anses experts, the french trade and retailing federation (Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution), currently chaired by the CEO of Carrefour, shared its thoughts.
Scientific manipulations, a basis of the future GMO/NGT law?
Deregulation of GMOs/NGTs: Unanimity is not on the agenda
GMOs/NGTs: consumers want a choice
EU: vitamins and additives produced by GMOs
GMOs: sweetened transparency
European organic food processors say “no” to GMOs/NGTs
GMOs: the Commission ignores its experts to reassure industry
GMO-derived enzymes used in food and feed
GMOs: U-turn by the man in charge of the “Green deal”?
