Anti-GM scientist wins probe into food safety

A Welsh scientist and anti-GM campaigner Dr Brian John of GM Free Cymru persuaded Euro MPs in March 2011 to call for an investigation into the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He argues that EFSA, which is a body that advises the European Commission over whether to approve genetically modified crops and food, had a built-in pro-GM bias

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Website: European Food Safety Authority http://www.efsa.europa.eu/

Website: GM-Free Cymru http://www.gmfreecymru.org/

European Parliament: Parliament: Parliament and you: Petitions http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=49

Jill Evans: Press Release, 16.3.11: EU food safety agency future questioned http://www.jillevans.net/jill_evans_press_gmos_110316.html

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