date:Jul 15, 2013
pean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the scientific basis for the decision, said Frederic Vincent, the Commission's health spokesman. EFSA is the EU's food safety watchdog.
While GMO cultivation approvals are agreed jointly at the EU level, individual governments can introduce safeguards if they believe that cultivation could present a health or environmental risk. Those moves, however, are always verified by the Commission.
France put in place a similar temporary ban on GMO crops last