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European GMO labeling thresholds impractical and unscientific

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In the next few months, the European Union (EU) will witness a burst of novel authorizations for genetically modified (GM) plants. In this context, a huge effort is underway in the laboratories of the European Commission (EC), of the Member States, of third countries and of private companies, to elaborate, assess and validate the necessary sampling strategies and molecular analytical procedures required to implement European regulatory requirements1 for labeling food and feed products containing ingredients from GM organisms (GMOs). It is now three years since the legislation was first introduced, yet enormous technical and scientific challenges remain in reducing regulations to practice.

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