EU set to allow controversial genetically modified crops to be grown in the UK

‘The European Parliament is today expected to clear the way for controversial ‘Frankenfood’ crops to be grown in Britain.

MEPs will vote to clear the block on growing controversial genetically modified (GM) crops that has effectively stopped commercial cultivation for a decade.

The new rules will allow each country to decide for itself whether or not to grow a GM crop – once it has been ruled safe by EFSA, which is the EU’s food safety body.

The deal has been engineered by the British government, which wants GM crops to be grown here, following a series of secret briefings with GM companies and their trade body.’

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