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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by Kurtz79 on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:50PM (#12894347)
(1) are banned in the EU for human consumption, a reasonable choice I think until we have more data.

I thought so as well, but after a quick search my understanding is that they are not, they are subject to approval at EU level, and the member states have the final word whether to prohibit them or not (opt-out):

http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/authorisation_en

http://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/gmo/authorisation/decision_ma...

There is a database of the ones currently approved :

http://ec.europa.eu/food/dyna/gm_register/index_en.cfm

Handy reference I just found for current legislation in various countries :

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/restrictions-on-gmos/

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Re:We’re Scientists, Moms, And We Avoid Non-GMO Products by ozy on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:25PM (#12894691)
You are correct, as a matter of fact mon810 is a counter example. Also it is unfortunate I left the word banned in there, I meant to say regulated.
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