date:Jul 07, 2012
The new guidelines, commissioned by the European Commission (EC) from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), outline the safety checks necessary before GM animals can be brought into Europe.
Opposers view the guidelines as a precursor to approving GM products for commercial premises. Food campaigner for Friends of the Earth Mute Schimpf believes the thought of eating GM meat or milkturns peoples stomachs.
He said:Leading European supermarkets know it would be bad for business to sell GM