UK lawmakers demand new EU rules on genetically modified crops

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - EU rules that prevent genetically modified crops from being grown in the UK, even after they pass rigorous safety tests, are not fit for purpose and should be totally reformed, British lawmakers said on Thursday. Members of parliament's science and technology committee said the EU regulation is driven more by politics than science. Scientific evidence is clear, they said, that genetically modified crops "pose no more risk to humans, animals or the environment than equivalent crops developed using more conventional techniques". The committee criticized huge delays in decision-making and said the way the EU's regulatory system works means that member countries opposed to GM crops can stop them from being grown in other EU countries.



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