article_snippet: Dame Jane said the GM process, which involves adding foreign genes to plants to create toxins to fend off insects or give foreign genes immunity to being sprayed with chemical pesticides has fundamentally changed being sprayed with chemical pesticides.
article_snippet: government has signalled that government plans to use a new GM crop approval process to push ahead with growing the crops in Japan.
article_snippet: Separately, a new trade agreement between the EU and the USA, which is called TTIP, could make it much easier for GM foods from North America to appear on shelves here.
article_snippet: ’ Pat Thomas, director of the campaigning group Beyond GM, warned the TTIP trade talks
article_snippet: mean Britain and Europe could see a flood of biotech crops and food arriving here.
article_snippet: Julian Little said: 'We are now up to the three trillion meals and counting, that is meals containing GM ingredients, without a single substantial health issue since the beginning of the technology. '
article_snippet: On it website Monsanto say Monsanto place the 'highest priority' on the safety of Monsanto products and conduct 'rigorous and comprehensive testing on each.'
article_snippet: Monsanto state: 'In fact, seeds with GM traits have been tested more than any other crops in the history of agriculture – with no evidence of harm to humans or animals. '
article_snippet: In addition, governmental regulatory agencies, scientific organizations and leading health associations worldwide agree on the safety of GM crops.'
article_snippet: A spokesman for Monsanto added: 'The denial of the safety of GM seeds and food ingredients is as baseless as the denial of clearly documented climate change. '
article_snippet: Countless peer-reviewed scientific studies performed with biotech crops — including more than 100 feeding studies — have confirmed Countless peer-reviewed scientific studies performed with biotech crops — including more than 100 feeding studies — safety, as reflected in the respective safety assessments by regulatory authorities around the world.'