The European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisor Anne Glover called for scientific evidence to play a more significant role in policy making surrounding agriculture and food production in an interview this week with EurActiv, an online resource for news and policy debates within the European Union.

Glover pointed out that countries’ policies toward ag biotech should reflect the substantial body of scientific evidence indicating that biotech crops are as safe for consumption as their conventionally-farmed equivalents.

Glover explained, “there is no substantiated case of any adverse impact on human health, animal health or environmental health, so that’s pretty robust evidence, and I would be confident in saying that there is no more risk in eating GMO food than eating conventionally farmed food.” Read more.