Honey fall initially regulated under European law

As early as November 2013, the European Commission regulated the problem of genetically modified maize pollen (MON810) in honey. We briefly recall that the honey of a hobby beekeeper, whose colony had been located about 10 km from a maize field containing genetically modified maize of the MON810 line, was contaminated with GMOs. In this context, the European Court of Justice ruled that GMO maize pollen was not permitted as an ingredient in honey, and thus a 0.00 limit applied (see above).  The European Commission has now issued a regulation for honey containing traces of MON810. It filled the legal gap and explicitly authorized the pollen of the only transgenic maize currently permitted for cultivation in the EU as a food product. While this does not fundamentally resolve the problem of the coexistence of GMO cultivation and conventional or organic farming, this decision does, in any case, mean that honey containing MON810 pollen is now marketable.

This publication can also be found on the website of the law firm Dr. Kauch .