EU farm chief: GM food meets no quality, diversity criteria

Reports of interview European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Cioloş gave to Romanian newspaper Adevĕrul, May 2011. He said that he strongly favoured traditional agriculture that produces quality food, diverse diets and natural biodiversity, requirements which genetically-modified crops cannot satisfy.

However, he did stress that the person in charge of GMO dossiers within the European Commission was his colleague John Dalli, the Commissioner responsible for health and consumer protection.