EU governments can ban GM food:
The European Union high court has ruled member governments can temporarily ban genetically modified foods if they suspect they threaten health or the environment.
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The Court said Italy was entitled to ban foodstuffs - notably flour made from genetically modified maize - by Monsanto Europe and two other companies.
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A European nation 'can as a preventive measure ... temporarily restrict or suspend the marketing of those foods in its territory,' the Luxembourg based court said . There should be no 'relaxation of the safety requirements that must be met by novel foods.'
�Ananova 9 September 2003