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DARINA ALLEN wants to “stop GM food” (Irish Examiner Weekend, March 11).

Thu, 16 Mar, 2006 - 00:00

However, the GM trials Ms Allen refers to are not for food use.

The blight-resistant potato trials under consideration by the EPA are experimental and will not be for public consumption, similar to the GM crops trials carried out in Ireland in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

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