The European Commission wants to know, eight years after the EU first allowed biotech crops, how genetically modified crops might affect human and animal health in the longer term.In a 50.000 Euro tender published on its website, the Commission`s environment unit has advertised for interested parties to study the "potential cumulative long-term effects" of GMO crops.</p><p><a href="http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=59057-risk-analysis-on">Foodnavigator: Brussels calls for risk analysis on GM ingredients</a></p><p><a href="http://dbs.cordis.lu/cordis-cgi/srchidadb?ACTION=D&SESSION=30892005-3-28&DOC=1&TBL=EN_NEWS&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:23573&CALLER=open_tender">CORDIS: GM effects on human and animal health and the environment - call for tenders</a></p><p><a href="http://ted.publications.eu.int/official/call_one_detail.dfl?TocQuery=ND:%2256364%202005%22&TableName=TED_EN&Template=TED/result_one_detail.xsl&StatLang=EN">EU Publication Office: the call in details</a>