Altered food could soon be legal in EU

A MAIZE called Bt11 could soon end the five year ban on new genetically altered foods allowed for human consumption in the EU.

However, Bt11 has already been imported into the EU for years for use in animal feed.

The EU has not allowed experimental or commercial growth of any new gene crops since October 1998, by which stage 18 GM plant varieties had been approved in the EU, including maize, rapeseed, chicory, soybeans.