General Article EU must wake up from 'GM food inertia'

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When it comes to GM food, the EU needs to wake up from its political inertia, according to biotechnology pressure group EuropaBio.

The organisation, responding to what it sees as an opportunity being passed up, is holding a conference on 13 March 2007 in Lyon, France, to discuss the issue.

Panellists will include Dr Hans Kast, president and CEO of BASF Plant Science Holding, and Dr Bernward Gerthoff, chairman of the German Association of Biotech Industries-DIB.

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