The US Department for Agriculture has proposed loose "safety assessment" guidelines under which a company may voluntarily consult with the FDA to have its experimental GM crop material deemed "acceptable" as a contaminant in food. This would factually allow for experimental GMOs to be introduced in the global food chain.</p><p><a href="http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2004/ANS01327.html">USDA announcement of draft guidance</a></p><p><a href="http://www.foei.org/publications/pdfs/contamination.pdf">Friends of the Earth background information</a>