Brussels, 15/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission confirmed on 15 September that American transgenic long grain rice LL Rice 601, which is illegal in Europe, had been found on the French market, after France, using the EU rapid alarm system, said it had detected seven positive samples out of the twelve tested. On the same day, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), at the request of the Commission, gave a partial preliminary opinion on the safety of this GMO. EFSA says that,...