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RSS![Pesticides explained - infographic](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-11/hl_plants_20171117_pesticide.jpg?itok=CXnURBAZ)
Infographic on the roles and responsibilities of EU institutional actors and Member States in authorising and using pesticides. It also includes data...
![hl_plants_20171025.jpg](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-10/hl_plants_20171025.jpg?itok=ZWeOxdoX)
One new EFSA opinion on genetically modified maize for food and feed uses, import and processing, has been published on 5 September 2017. In...
![Brexit: Notice to business operators in the field of GMO](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-09/hl_brexit-gmo.jpg?itok=oubgfqKA)
A notice to business operators in the field of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 on Genetically Modified Food and Feed and Directive 2001/18/EC on the...
![Conference: Modern Biotechnologies in Agriculture](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-09/hl_mod-biotech-conf.jpg?itok=YdaKIo-h)
The European Commission is organising a high-level conference on "Modern Biotechnologies in Agriculture – Paving the way for responsible innovation"...
![Launch of harmonised certification scheme for fruit propagating material and fruit plants](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2017-01/hl_plants_20170117.jpg?itok=sYKcV_7M)
A set of new rules, proposed by the Commission, to modernise and harmonise the production and marketing chain for fruit propagating material and fruit...
![Annual Europhyt Report 2015](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2016-12/hl_europhyt.jpg?itok=1Fu9rkXu)
The Commission has published its annual Europhyt – Interceptions report. With the increase in trade, the risk of introducing new plant pests and...
![New fodder plant species approved](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2016-12/hl_trogladytes.jpg?itok=bIk1KgmL)
The Commission approved the inclusion of new fodder plant species, in particular legumes, into the scope of the Directive on marketing seed of fodder...
![GMOs: Commission authorises GMOs for food/feed use](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2016-12/hl_corny.jpg?itok=iWCnJ66a)
The Commission authorised the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of, or produced from four related GM maizes.
![20160420-cotton_highlight.jpg](https://food.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2016-10/20160420-cotton_highlight.jpg?itok=-uSsI2ue)
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms Scientific on an application for authorisation of placing on the market of GM cotton...
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Member States experts endorsed additional measures against Xylella fastidiosa, one of the most dangerous plant bacteria known worldwide.