U.S: Crop Testing Rules Menace Food Supply, Say Critics

From ipsnews:

"Proposed rules for experimental genetically engineered (GE) crops will allow contamination of the U.S. food supply, critics said this week, as a new poll reported Americans want stricter regulation of GE foods.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a ”draft guidance document” Nov. 24 that acknowledges experimental GE crops (also known as genetically modified or GM crops) that have not been approved for human consumption could cross-pollinate or mingle with food crops.

Under the proposed guidelines companies are ”encouraged” to submit to the FDA their safety evaluation of a new protein ”prior to the time you have concerns that (it) could enter the food supply,” which critics interpret to mean that by advising beforehand, firms will escape legal liability for any contamination."