Washington, DC -- The Genetically Engineered Food Alert coalition applauds the recommendation released today by EPA's science advisors not to allow StarLink corn into the human food supply. After originally discovering the adulterated corn in taco shells last fall, Genetically Engineered Food Alert has demanded a thorough government investigation into the human and environmental impacts of StarLink before considering the request by Aventis CropScience, the corn's developer, to approve it. Today, the government's own science advisors agreed.

Over the past two years, Aventis has pulled countless regulatory tricks to avoid liability for the StarLink corn debacle, but in last week's final attempt, there were no more tricks left in the company's hat. Aventis failed to convince the science panel that StarLink is safe for people to eat.

The passive allergy reporting measures that the EPA and FDA have enlisted to date have been insufficient, and Genetically Engineered Food Alert supports the EPA science advisors' call for a more extensive investigation into the allergy concerns surrounding StarLink corn.

American consumers have the right to know what they are eating and that the food they are eating is safe.

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