Press Release: GMOs on the Commission’s table: still not edible for farmers, consumers and the environment

Environmental organisations, consumers and organic farming groups urged the European Commission on 21 March 2005 to listen to public opinion and break with the former executive's pro-GMO policy. They also presented a legal opinion criticising EU plans on the 'co-existence' (growing together) of genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops. The Commission was due to debate its policy on genetically-modified organisms on 22 March 2005.