REGULATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Alexandru Cristian Constantinescu ()
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Alexandru Cristian Constantinescu: Associate professor, Faculty of Law,“Petre Andrei” University of Iasi

Jurnalul de Studii Juridice, 2012, vol. 1-2, 89-95

Abstract: All GMOs, are considered “new food” and subject to extensive, case-by-case, science based food evaluation by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EFSA reports to the European Commission (EC) who then draft a proposal which if accepted will be adopted by EC or passed on to the Council of Agricultural Ministers. There is also a safeguard clause that Member States can invoke to restrict or prohibit the use and/or sale a GMO within their territory if they have justifiable reasons to consider that the approved GMO constitutes a risk to human health or the environment.

Keywords: GMO (Genetically Modified Organism); EFSA (European Food Safety Authority); EC regulations; human health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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