FSA Hid Fears Over GM

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Tuesday, 27 May 2003

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been accused of suppressing public fears about the safety of GM foods.

In a damaging attack on the agency's credibility, leading consumer groups claim that the FSA deliberately "hid" a series of criticisms about the potential risks of GM crops that were made by its own "citizens' jury".

Source: Severin Carrell, The Independent 25 May 2003. For full story go to: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=409378