Member states were split down the middle on two genetically modified organism (GMO) approvals last week, and came within a hair's breadth of securing a rare approval on another variety. Sources indicated that member states came within four votes of securing a qualified majority vote (QMV) on Pioneer's GM maize variety 1507. Member states were voting on a proposal amending the initial (2006) authorisation for the import of 1507 for food purposes, including an extension of its scope to the continued marketing of existing feed materials and feed additives produced from this maize, at the 17 March Agricultural Council.
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