AFP via Breitbart:

Hungary banned GMO Corn from Monsanto in 2005, and today 27 nations formed a qualified majority to uphold their right to do so. Despite heavy lobbying from US Agribusiness, these countries were able to stave off the push to force Hungary to accept the genetically modified crop within its borders.

Under EU legislation, a member state has the right to apply a temporary safeguard clause against GMO products if it can provide scientific evidence placing their safety in doubt.

But the European Food Safety Authority has judged that the evidence in the Austrian and Hungarian cases is “scientifically unfounded” and said there was no reason to fear any related health problems for people, animals or the environment.

Strengthened by this advice, the Commission called on the member states to force Hungary, one of the EU’s biggest grain producers, to lift the clause, but in vain.

Brussels must now decide whether to drop the issue or to come up with a new proposal in a bid to overcome member states’ misgivings.

For anyone interested in a good read regarding GMO foods try Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” or “The Botany of Desire”. He discusses corn in “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, and genetically modified potatoes in “The Botany of Desire” in a way that is easy to understand and difficult to get out of your head.