Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) Chief Executive, Alan Reilly, said
that it is time to put aside irrational and non-science based fears of new
technologies in the interest of consumers everywhere. He mentioned this in
his article in the FSAI newsletter titled Genetic Modification - Are the
Food Safety Concerns Still Justified?

He said that GM food remains to be one of the most controversial aspects of
European food law. This is despite the conduct of more than 130 research
projects on biotech, covering a period of more than 25 years, and involving
more than 500 independent research groups which all concluded that genetic
modification is not riskier than conventional plant breeding technologies.

"If Europe is to remain at the forefront of research and innovation in the
agri-food arena, policies need to be developed now to guide the exploitation
of this new genetic modification technology," he added.

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