As EU Agricultural ministers today failed to approve Syngentas Bt 11 GM maize, but also did not reject it with a two third majority, the European Commission now has the legal power to approve the first GMO for food and feed since 1998. David Byrne vowed to do so but did not say when.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4941087">Reuters: EU Paves Way to End Five-Year Ban on New GM Foods</a>