date:Aug 24, 2012
While the release was scheduled for September 2012, the EFSA had asked the European Commission (EC) -- the governing body for the 27-country European Union (EU), for extra time. The EU eventually granted the request.
EFSA noted that the extra time will enable scientific experts to consider new data and complete a comprehensive risk assessment in addition to allowing time for a draft version to be circulated for comments before the new re-evaluation becomes final.
EFSA was scheduled to conduct a