24.06.2002 |

European Parliament vote on GMO in food and feed July 3rd

The EP will vote on the reports below on Wednesday, July 3rd. The plenary discussion will take place on Tuesday, 2nd. At stake will be the future labelling and approval requirements for GMO in food and feed as well as general rules on traceability and thresholds of GMO.REPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on genetically modified food and feed (COM(2001) 425 - C5-0368/2001 - 2001/0173(COD))Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, Rapporteur: Karin ScheeleREPORT on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC (COM(2001) 182 - C5-0380/2001 - 2001/0180(COD)) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, Rapporteur: Antonios Trakatellis<a href="http://www2.europarl.eu.int/omk/OM-Europarl?PROG=AGENDA&L=EN&LEVEL=2&NAV=S&PUBREF=-//EP//TEXT+AGENDA+20020702+SIT+DOC+SGML+V0//EN">Draft agenda - Tuesday 2 July 2002</a>