EU Approves RR2Y Soybeans for Import
EU - Monsanto Company announced yesterday (4 December 2008) it has received regulatory approval in the European Union for the importation of Roundup Ready 2 Yield (RR2Y) soybeans.

Fast-track Approval More Effective than GM Debate
EU - If the European Commission approves Roundup Ready 2 GM soya as early as next Friday - which it could - it will be a record response and it will demonstrate Brussels’ determination to protect European...

Europe's Pig Industry Resembles a Plane
EU - "Regulations are good for politicians but not for the farmers," said Detlef Breuer, manager of German pig farmers' organisation ISN, at Danish agricultural show Agromek.

Will GM Restrictions Destroy EU Livestock Sector?
EU - Soya supplies are critical to the European Union livestock industry and there are real dangers we will destroy the industry due to lack of raw material supplies, warns a report by a number of European...

EU Organisations Unite Over Food Safety
EU - The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Food Safety Authority have signed a new cooperation agreement to advance knowledge on food and feed.

MEPs and MPs Discuss Future Health of CAP
EU - The ability of the EU's common agriculture policy (CAP) to cope with the challenges of affordable food and climate change was discussed in Brussels on 3-4 November. Members of the European Parliament...

EU Parliament Votes Against Animal Clones
EU - The European Parliament called for a ban in the EU on the cloning of animals for food supply. MEPs also urged an embargo on imports of cloned animals, their offspring and products derived from these...