Confirming the safety of biotech crops, research by Europe’s top food safety regulators concluded a strain of genetically modified (GM) maize has no negative effects on human health or the environment.

The biotechnology panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said it “did not identify adverse effects on the environment or human and animal health” during the 2010 growing season from the biotech corn.  The panel reported that the study is consistent with its previous scientific opinions on the safety of the crop and its recommendations on risk management.

EFSA published the findings based on an analysis of GM maize produced in 2010, Food Navigator news reports. In 2008, EFSA scientists reached the same conclusion supporting the safety of the strain of GM maize.

EFSA is a leading authority on food safety risk assessment that provides independent scientific advice for the European Union’s food supply.  Read the full EFSA scientific opinion here.