Represenatives of EU member states failed to agree on whether or not to approve the marketing of Syngenta`s GM maize "bt11" for human consumption. The decision will now be forwarded to the Council of ministers who have 3 month to approve or reject the proposed first approval of a GMO since 1998.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3954361&pageNumber=0">Reuters</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/">Friends of the Earth press release and backgrounder</a></p><p><a href="http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200312/146085341.pdf">USDA attachee report</a>