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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety

EFSA confirms marker gene nptII present in GM potatoes awaiting authorisation is not dangerous for health or environment

Brussels, 17/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reconfirmed that the use of the nptII gene as a selectable marker of antibiotic resistance in certain GM plants, such as GM potatoes, does not pose a risk to human or animal health or to the environment.

EFSA's scientific opinion was published on 13 April further to the European Commission's request to consider information forwarded from the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on the therapeutic value of...

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