GM safety checks inadequate says Royal Society4 February 2002
Safety checks on GM foods are inadequate and must be improved warns the Royal
Society. The current system relies too heavily on a test of "substantial equivalence". This means that a GM crop is assumed to be as safe as its non-GM counterpart and therefore that no new tests are needed.
"This deeply disturbing report raises serious concerns about the regulations covering the growing of GM crops and the licensing of GM food," says Friends of the Earth GM Campaigner, Adrian Bebb. "The safety tests for introducing GM into the food chain are just not adequate, yet these GM products are still on sale in the UK. Consumer pressure to stop these foods being sold in this country has been fully justified. The Government must now call a moratorium on these foods."
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