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BRUSSELS -- European Union agriculture ministers yesterday formally approved tougher labeling of new genetically altered food products, paving the way for new biotech foods to be sold in Europe by this fall. The move was a formality after the European Parliament passed the new rules July 2 to avoid a trade battle with the United States. But Washington said the new rules would do little to remove barriers on new genetically altered products in the European market and has maintained the EU's biotech policy violates principles of free trade. The EU's health and consumer protection commissioner, David Byrne, welcomed yesterday's...