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ENVI objects to #GMO maize NK603 x T25 authorisation with 40 votes to 26 and 3 abstentions. Plenary vote January

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Environment MEPs oppose new GM maize authorization

ENVI Press release - Environment − 01-12-2015 - 16:52

The Commission should not authorise the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM maize NK603 x T25 in food and feed, says a resolution adopted by the environment committee on Tuesday. The Commission should suspend any authorisations for GM food and feed as long as the procedure, currently under review, has not been improved, say MEPs.

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Glyphosate tolerance

The committee also stresses that herbicide glyphosate, to which NK603 x T25 maize confers tolerance (along with the herbicide glufosinate ammonium), was classified as probably carcinogenic to humans on 20 March 2015 by the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization. The European Food Safety Authority said on 12 November that the herbicide was unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans.