Food with 0.9% GM still organic, say farm ministers

clipped from environment.guardian.co.uk Organic foods can be labelled "GM-free" even if they contain up to 0.9% genetically modified content, European agriculture ministers decided yesterday. The decision provoked outcry among environmental campaigners and supporters of organic farming, who said it would lead to "genetic contamination". The ministers' meeting in Luxembourg supported commission arguments that setting a lower limit of 0.1% , the lowest level at which GM organisms could be scientifically detected, would place standards which would make organic produce too expensive for farmers.