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Stage set for new wave of genetically engineered plants to be approved and imported after EU elections
Outgoing EU Commission might approve several controversial applications before handing over

More than 40 organisations from science, environmental protection, lobby control, food production and agriculture have today published a joint letter. They warn that the outgoing EU Commission might approve around a dozen genetically engineered plants on the basis of scientifically unacceptable risk assessment before handing over.

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