EU Member States planting of genetically modified crops

Belgian food nutrition Snell engineer, told reporters that there are still a large number of animal feed containing genetically modified ingredients imported into the EU, but the use of any genetically modified ingredients in Belgium, animal feed are illegal. Most Europeans reject genetically modified food, MON810 maize cultivation in the EU is currently the only GM crop cultivation is limited in several EU countries. GM maize is the use of modern molecular biology techniques, the relationship is very distant species and useful genes into corn plants require improved genetic material, and it has a much sought offspring genetic stability.

Right now, the European Commission urged the EU agricultural associations still do not delay approval has been scientifically proven safe import new varieties of genetically modified corn, deferred approval may make the EU food and feed business operators at risk of soybeans, corn and a variety of protein-rich product supply interruption, the threat of EU food and feed supply and market equilibrium, prices are likely to cause, damage the competitiveness of EU food, feed and animal husbandry.

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