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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10732

17 November 2012
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) gmo
EFSA says wider debate needed rather than blaming science

Brussels, 16/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Three questions for EFSA. On the fringes of the EFSA@10 conference on taking up tomorrow's challenges, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle (referred to as CG-L below), EFSA's managing director, agreed to answer three questions from EUROPE.

(AE): Why has EFSA never issued a negative scientific opinion on GMOs in all its ten years?

CG-L: That is not true. In the scientific opinions we publish, we identify risks. For BASF's Amflora potato, for example, we...

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