EU Safety Regulations and GMOs

Paper Summary:

In the past few years, citizens, policy makers and government officials have noted that safety legislation enacted in the European Union (EU) has significantly impacted the manner and method in which companies market their products. One of the most dramatically affected products involves the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This paper discusses how safety legislation and specific cases regarding GMOs has affected marketing in the EU.

Paper Outline:
Introduction
Legislative History
Council Directive 90/220/EEC: Deliberate Release Directive
Council Regulation 258/97: Novel Foods Regulation
Commission Directive 97/35/EC
Council Regulation No. 1139/1998
Legislative Trends and the Relation to Marketing
Conclusion
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"Aimed at providing a uniform law for new foods throughout the member states, the Novel Foods Regulation applied to foods which have not been used for human consumption to a significant degrees within the community (Commission Regulation No. 258/97 art. 1(2)). These novel foods include GMO products within the meaning of the Direct Release Directive, foods produced by though not containing GMOs, and foods with a new or intentionally modified primary molecular structure (Commission Regulation No. 258/97 art. 1). Through an approval procedure, this legislation requires the submission of a proposed label for the product, including information as to how the product's characteristics differ from existing foods (Commission Regulation No. 258/97 art. 6(1), 8(1)(a))."

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