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2009-06-15 | permalink
All but two EFSA experts: transgenic potato is safe
The European’s Union food safety agency said Thursday it was not changing its opinion that a variety of genetically altered potato did not pose a threat to people or the environment. BASF AG, the German company that created the ”Amflora” potato as a source of higher-quality starch for paper, said the decision paved the way for EU approval. Two scientists on the European Food Safety Authority panel dissented from its decision, however, saying that harmful impacts could not be assessed and gene transfers between plants and bacteria may be possible.
- Forbes, USA: EU experts: transgenic potato is safe
- European Biotechnology News, Germany: BASF wins Amflora battle against GMO opponents
- European Food Safety Authority, Italy: EFSA evaluates antibiotic resistance marker genes in GM plants
- BASF, Germany: EFSA reconfirms the safety of Amflora, BASF’s genetically modified potato
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Disagreement in EFSA opinion puts future of BASF GM potato in doubt
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2009-06-15 | permalink
All but two EFSA experts: transgenic potato is safe
The European’s Union food safety agency said Thursday it was not changing its opinion that a variety of genetically altered potato did not pose a threat to people or the environment. BASF AG, the German company that created the ”Amflora” potato as a source of higher-quality starch for paper, said the decision paved the way for EU approval. Two scientists on the European Food Safety Authority panel dissented from its decision, however, saying that harmful impacts could not be assessed and gene transfers between plants and bacteria may be possible.
- Forbes, USA: EU experts: transgenic potato is safe
- European Biotechnology News, Germany: BASF wins Amflora battle against GMO opponents
- European Food Safety Authority, Italy: EFSA evaluates antibiotic resistance marker genes in GM plants
- BASF, Germany: EFSA reconfirms the safety of Amflora, BASF’s genetically modified potato
- Greenpeace European Unit, Belgium: Disagreement in EFSA opinion puts future of BASF GM potato in doubt
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