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Decree-Law No. 2/2001 regulating the use of genetically modified micro-organisms in food.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 3 (I-A), 4 January 2001, pp. 39-49.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Decree-Law regulates the use of genetically modified micro-organisms approving EC Council Directive No. 98/81 of 26 October 1981. It consists of 20 articles and 5 annexes establishing the conditions for using the aforementioned micro-organisms and specifying the technical procedures to be applied in order to produce them and protect human health.

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