Response by the European Commission to comments by WTO Members on the traceability and labeling of GMO foods and feed

Geneva, 26 July 2002

Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Response from the European Commission to comments submitted by WTO Members under either or both G/TBT/N/EEC/7 and G/SPS/N/EEC/150

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(Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on traceability and labeling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of genetically modified food and feed - COM(2001) 182 final)

I. Introduction

II. Notification under SPS

III. Objective of the proposal

IV. Scientific basis for traceability

V. Traceability guarantees food safety

VI. Traceability and monitoring

vii. Traceability of feed

viii. Presentation of the proposal

ix. Implementation of traceability

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